RESOLV.CONF(4-SysV) RISC/os Reference Manual  RESOLV.CONF(4-SysV)



NAME
     resolv.conf - configuration file for name server routines

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/resolv.conf

DESCRIPTION
     The resolver configuration file, /etc/resolv.conf, 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
                         domainname(1) command.

     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 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
     domainname(1), gethostent(3N), resolver(3), named(1M)






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