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resolv.conf



PURPOSE

Contains information that is read by the resolver routines the first time they
are invoked by a process.

SYNOPSIS

/etc/resolv.conf

DESCRIPTION

The resolv.conf file contains information that is read by the resolver routines
the first time they are invoked by a process.  The file 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
nameserver to be queried is on the local machine.  The domain name is retrieved
from the system.

The different configuration options are:

nameserver   followed by the Internet address (in dot notation) of a nameserver
             that the resolver should query.  At least one nameserver should be
             listed.  Up to MAXNS (currently 3), nameservers may be listed.  In
             that case, the resolver library queries try them in the order
             listed.  If no nameserver entries are present, the default is to
             use the nameserver on the local machine.  (The algorithm used is
             to try a nameserver, and if the query times out, try the next,
             until you run out of nameservers, then repeat trying all the
             nameservers until a maximum number of reentries 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 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 (such as
nameserver) must start the line.  The value follows the keyword, separated by
white space.

EXAMPLES

  domain dan.ibm.com
  nameserver 192.100.10.1





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FILES

/etc/resolv.conf

RELATED INFORMATION

In this book:  "named"
gethostbyname, refer to AIX Operating System Technical Reference
resolver, refer to AIX Operating System Technical Reference














































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