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/etc/resolv.conf (The name of a file used in various OSs to configure the…
/etc/resolv.conf
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Contents and location
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Used for completing a given query name to a fully qualified domain name when no domain suffix is supplied
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When DHCP is used, it's usually updated with the utility resolvconf
Configuration options
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domain
Local domain name
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If set to ".", the root domain is considered
If no domain entry is present, the domain is determined from the local hostname returned by gethostname(2)
If the hostname does not contain a domain part, the root domain is assumed
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By default, it contains only the local domain name
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Purpose
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Allows applications running in the OS to translate human-friendly domain names into numeric IP addresses
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