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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
.\"
.\" Added ndots remark by Bernhard R. Link - debian bug #182886
.\"
-.TH resolv.conf 5 2023-05-05 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH resolv.conf 5 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
resolv.conf \- resolver configuration file
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ The configuration file is considered a trusted source of DNS information;
see the
.B trust-ad
option below for details.
-.PP
+.P
If this file does not exist, only the name server on the local machine
will be queried, and the search list contains the local domain name
determined from the hostname.
-.PP
+.P
The different configuration options are:
.TP
\fBnameserver\fP Name server IP address
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ The syntax is
.RS
.IP
\fBoptions\fP \fIoption\fP \fI...\fP
-.PP
+.P
where \fIoption\fP is one of the following:
.TP
\fBdebug\fP
@@ -373,22 +373,22 @@ In glibc 2.30 and earlier,
the AD is not set automatically in queries,
and is passed through unchanged to applications in responses.
.RE
-.PP
+.P
The \fIsearch\fP keyword of a system's \fIresolv.conf\fP file can be
overridden on a per-process basis by setting the environment variable
.B LOCALDOMAIN
to a space-separated list of search domains.
-.PP
+.P
The \fIoptions\fP keyword of a system's \fIresolv.conf\fP file can be
amended on a per-process basis by setting the environment variable
.B RES_OPTIONS
to a space-separated list of resolver options
as explained above under \fBoptions\fP.
-.PP
+.P
The keyword and value must appear on a single line, and the keyword
(e.g., \fBnameserver\fP) must start the line.
The value follows the keyword, separated by white space.
-.PP
+.P
Lines that contain a semicolon (;) or hash character (#)
in the first column are treated as comments.
.SH FILES
@@ -402,5 +402,5 @@ in the first column are treated as comments.
.BR nsswitch.conf (5),
.BR hostname (7),
.BR named (8)
-.PP
+.P
Name Server Operations Guide for BIND