Networking Guide
Chapter 6, Configuring the Domain Name Service

DNS client configuration file

DNS client configuration file

The resolver configuration file is the only file you need to configure to implement a DNS client. Here is a sample file:

   ;
   ;       Sample /etc/resolv.conf
   ;
   domain           rivers.mynet.COM
   search           mynet.COM
   nameserver       132.147.118.1
   nameserver       132.147.246.25
   sortlist         132.147.0.0/255.255.255.0 132.147.246.0
   hostresorder	 bind local
   options	ndots:2
The entries specify the following:

For more information on file format and usage, see resolver(SFF).