resolv.conf(4)         UNIX System V(Internet Utilities)         resolv.conf(4)


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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