resolv.conf(4)            FILE FORMATS             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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