A-146Dell PowerVault 720N, 740N, and 760N System Administrator and Command Reference Guide
NAME
resolv.conf - configuration file for domain name system resolver
SYNOPSIS
/etc/resolv.conf
DESCRIPTION
The resolver configuration file contains information that is read by the resolver
routines. The file is designed to be human readable and contains a list of key-
words with values that provide various types of resolver information.
The different configuration options are:
nameserver address
This specifies the Internet address (in dot notation) of a name
server that the resolver should query. Up to 3 name servers may be
listed, one per keyword. If there are multiple servers, the resolver
queries them in the order listed. When a query to a name server on
the list times out, the resolver will move to the next one until it gets
to the bottom of the list. It will then restart from the top retrying all
the name servers until a maximum number of retries are made.
search domain-list
This specifies the search list for host-name lookup. The search list is
normally determined from the local domain name; by default, it
begins with the local domain name, then successive parent
domains that have at least two components in their names. This
may be changed by listing the desired domain search path following
the search keyword with spaces or tabs separating the names.
Most resolver queries will be attempted using each component of
the search path in turn until a match is found. Note that this process
may be slow and will generate a lot of network traffic if the servers
for the listed domains are not local, and that queries will time out if
no server is available for one of the domains.
The search list is currently limited to six domains with a total of 256
characters.
The keyword and value 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
setup, rc
resolv.conf