resolv.conf(4N)                  (TCP/IP)                   resolv.conf(4N)


   NAME
         resolv.conf - configuration file for name server routines

   DESCRIPTION
         The resolver configuration file contains information that is read by
         the resolver routines the first time they are invoked in a process.
         The file is designed to be human readable and contains a list of
         keyword-value pairs that provide various types of resolver
         information.

               keyword     value

         The different configuration options are:

         nameserver address  The Internet address (in dot notation) of a name
                             server that the resolver should query. At least
                             one name server should be listed.  Up to MAXNS
                             (currently 3) name servers may be listed, in that
                             case the resolver library queries tries them in
                             the order listed. The algorithm used is to try a
                             name server, and if the query times out, try the
                             next, until out of name servers, then repeat
                             trying all the name servers until a maximum
                             number of retries are made.

         domain name         The default domain to append to names that do not
                             have a dot in them.

         address address     An Internet address (in dot notation) of any
                             preferred networks.  The list of addresses
                             returned by the resolver will be sorted to put
                             any addresses on this network before any others.

         The keyword-value pair must appear on a single line, and the keyword
         (for instance, nameserver) must start the line.  The value follows
         the keyword, separated by white space.

   FILES
         /etc/resolv.conf

   SEE ALSO
         named(1M), gethostent(3N), resolver(3N).











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