| RESOLVD(8) | System Manager's Manual | RESOLVD(8) |
resolvd — a daemon
to handle nameserver configuration
resolvd |
[-dv] |
resolvd handles the contents of
/etc/resolv.conf, which contains details of the
system's DNS nameservers, and is read by the resolver routines in the C
library. Nameservers are learned from various sources, incorporated in a
priority order, then user-edited information found in the pre-existing file
is re-appended.
resolvd checks whether
unwind(8) is running and, if so, places a nameserver line
at the top to cause local resolution:
nameserver 127.0.0.1resolvd also monitors the routing socket
for proposals learned by dhcpleased(8),
iked(8), slaacd(8), or network devices
which natively learn DNS information such as sppp(4) or
umb(4). Proposals can be sent manually using the
route(8) nameserver command. The
proposals are added in priority order, but commented out if
unwind(8) is running.
After that, resolvd appends all
user-edited lines found in the file.
resolvd also notices if the
/etc/resolv.conf file is edited, and will rewrite
the file, re-blending the various pieces of information. It will also create
/etc/resolv.conf if it does not exist or if it is
empty.
The options are as follows:
resolv.conf(5), dhcpleased(8), route(8), slaacd(8), unwind(8)
The resolvd program first appeared in
OpenBSD 6.9.
| February 21, 2023 | Debian |