Providing name resolution services to components executing in a virtualized environment

A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereupon that, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to:

• intercept a request to resolve a name from a component executing within a virtualized environment provided by the processing system;
• forward the request from the virtualized environment to an operating system executing on the processing system;
• execute a user process on the processing system to request resolution of the name from the operating system executing on the processing system;
• and
• provide a response to the request to the component executing within the virtualized environment based on a response received from the user process.

A processing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereupon that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to:
• intercept a request to resolve a name from a component executing within a virtualized environment;
• forward the request to resolve the name from the virtualized environment to a host operating system;
• execute a user process configured to request resolution of the name from the host operating system;
• and
• provide a response to the request to resolve the name received from the component executing within the virtualized environment based on a response received from the user process.