resolv.conf(4M)                 TCP/IP R4.11                 resolv.conf(4M)


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
       name-value pairs that provide various types of resolver information.

       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.  This defaults to the domain
                           set by the hostname(1C) command.

       The name 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
       hostname(1C), named(1M), gethostent(3N), resolver(3C).


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