49 lines
1.2 KiB
Groff
49 lines
1.2 KiB
Groff
.TH RESOLV.CONF 5
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.SH NAME
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resolv.conf \- Domain Name System resolver configuration
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B /etc/resolv.conf
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.de SP
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.if t .sp 0.4
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.if n .sp
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..
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The
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.B /etc/resolv.conf
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is used to configure how the host will use the Domain Name System to resolve
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hostnames to IP addresses. It may contain these two lines:
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.PP
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.RS
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.ta +15n
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nameserver \fIIP-address\fP
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.br
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domain \fIdomain-name\fP
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.RE
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.PP
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The nameserver entry tells the IP address of the host to use for DNS
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queries. If it is set to 127.0.0.1 (which is the default) then the local
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name daemon is used that may use the
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.B /etc/hosts
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database to translate host names. You normally only need a nameserver entry
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if the name server is at the other side of a router. The default
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.B nonamed
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name server can't look beyond the local network.
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.PP
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The domain entry tells the default domain to use for unqualified hostnames.
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This entry is usually not given in which case the domain of the local host
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is used.
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.PP
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The long version of this story can be found in
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.BR resolver (5).
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.SH FILES
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.TP 20n
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/etc/resolv.conf
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DNS resolver configuration file.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR resolver (5),
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.BR hosts (5),
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.BR nonamed (8),
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.BR boot (8).
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.SH AUTHOR
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Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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