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NAME

       resolver - resolver configuration file

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/resolv.conf

DESCRIPTION

       The  resolver  configuration  file contains information that is read by the resolver routines the first time they are invoked by 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.

       On a normally configured system this file should not be necessary.  The only name server to be queried will be on the local machine and the
       domain name is retrieved from the system.

       The different configuration options are:

       nameserver
	      followed by 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.	If  no nameserver entries are present, the default is to use the name server on the local machine.  (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 followed	by  a domain name, that is the default domain to append to names that do not have a dot in them.  If no domain entries are
	      present, the domain returned by gethostname(2) is used (everything after the first `.').	Finally, if the host name does not contain
	      a domain part, the root domain is assumed.

       The  name  value  pair must appear on a single line, and the keyword (e.g. nameserver) must start the line.  The value follows the keyword,
       separated by white space.

FILES

       /etc/resolv.conf

SEE ALSO

       gethostbyname(3N), resolver(3), named(8)
       Name Server Operations Guide for BIND

4th Berkeley Distribution					September 14, 1987						       RESOLVER(5)