NAME

     resolv.conf - Domain Name System resolver configuration


SYNOPSIS

     /etc/resolv.conf


DESCRIPTION

     The /etc/resolv.conf is used to configure how the host  will
     use  the  Domain  Name  System  to  resolve  hostnames to IP
     addresses.  It may contain these two lines:

          nameserver     IP-address
          domain         domain-name

     The nameserver entry tells the IP address of the host to use
     for  DNS  queries.   If it is set to 127.0.0.1 (which is the
     default) then the local name daemon is used that may use the
     /etc/hosts  database  to translate host names.  You normally
     only need a nameserver entry if the name server  is  at  the
     other  side  of  a  router.  The default nonamed name server
     can't look beyond the local network.

     The domain entry tells the default domain to use for unqual-
     ified  hostnames.   This entry is usually not given in which
     case the domain of the local host is used.

     The long version of this story can be found in resolver(5).


FILES

     /etc/resolv.conf    DNS resolver configuration file.


SEE ALSO

     resolver(5), hosts(5), nonamed(8), boot(8).


AUTHOR

     Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)