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5.8 KiB
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176 lines
5.8 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" from: @(#)resolver.5 5.12 (Berkeley) 5/10/91
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.\" $Id: resolv.conf.5,v 1.3 1994/01/26 10:57:32 deraadt Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd May 10, 1991
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.Dt RESOLV.CONF 5
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.Os BSD 4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm resolv.conf
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.Nd resolver configuration file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm resolv.conf
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file specifies how the
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.Xr resolver 3
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routines in the C library
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(which provide access to the Internet Domain Name System) should operate.
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The resolver configuration file contains information that is read
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by the resolver routines the first time they are invoked by a process.
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The file is designed to be human readable and contains a list of
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keywords with values that provide various types of resolver information.
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.Pp
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On a normally configured system this file should not be necessary.
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The only name server to be queried will be on the local machine,
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the domain name is determined from the host name,
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and the domain search path is constructed from the domain name.
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.Pp
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The different configuration options are:
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.Bl -tag -width nameserver
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.It Sy nameserver
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Internet address (in dot notation) of a name server
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that the resolver should query.
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Up to
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.Dv MAXNS
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(currently 3) name servers may be listed,
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one per keyword.
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If there are multiple servers,
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the resolver library queries them in the order listed.
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If no
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.Sy nameserver
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entries are present,
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the default is to use the name server on the local machine.
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(The algorithm used is to try a name server, and if the query times out,
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try the next, until out of name servers,
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then repeat trying all the name servers
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until a maximum number of retries are made).
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.It Sy domain
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Local domain name.
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Most queries for names within this domain can use short names
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relative to the local domain.
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If no
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.Sy domain
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entry is present, the domain is determined
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from the local host name returned by
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.Xr gethostname 2 ;
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the domain part is taken to be everything after the first `.'.
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Finally, if the host name does not contain a domain part, the root
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domain is assumed.
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.It Sy lookup
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This keyword is used by the library routines
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.Xr gethostbyname 3
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and
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.Xr gethostbyaddr 3 .
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It specifies which databases should be searched,
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and the order to do so.
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The legal space-seperated values are
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.Bl -tag -width bind
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.It Sy bind
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use the Domain Name server by querying the
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.Xr named 8
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.It Sy yp
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talk to the YP system if
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.Xr ypbind 8
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is running
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.It Sy file
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search for entries in
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.Nm /etc/hosts
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.El
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.Pp
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If the
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.Sy lookup
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keyword is not used in
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.Nm /etc/resolv.conf
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then the assumed order is
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.Sy bind file .
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Furthermore, if the file
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.Nm /etc/resolv.conf
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file does not exist, then the only database used is
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.Sy file .
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.Pp
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.It Sy search
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Search list for host-name lookup.
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The search list is normally determined from the local domain name;
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by default, it begins with the local domain name, then successive
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parent domains that have at least two components in their names.
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This may be changed by listing the desired domain search path
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following the
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.Sy search
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keyword with spaces or tabs separating
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the names.
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Most resolver queries will be attempted using each component
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of the search path in turn until a match is found.
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Note that this process may be slow and will generate a lot of network
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traffic if the servers for the listed domains are not local,
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and that queries will time out if no server is available
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for one of the domains.
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.Pp
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The search list is currently limited to six domains
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with a total of 256 characters.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Sy domain
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and
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.Sy search
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keywords are mutually exclusive.
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If more than one instance of these keywords is present,
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the last instance will override.
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.Pp
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The keyword and value must appear on a single line, and the keyword
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(e.g.
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.Sy nameserver )
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must start the line. The value follows
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the keyword, separated by white space.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /etc/resolv.conf -compact
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.It Pa /etc/resolv.conf
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The file
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.Nm resolv.conf
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resides in
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.Pa /etc .
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr gethostbyname 3 ,
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.Xr resolver 3 ,
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.Xr hostname 7 ,
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.Xr named 8
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.Rs
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.%T "Name Server Operations Guide for BIND"
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.Re
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm resolv.conf
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file format appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 .
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