NAME
resolvd —
a daemon to handle nameserver
configuration
SYNOPSIS
resolvd |
[-dv] |
DESCRIPTION
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.
resolvd checks whether
unwind(8) is running and monitors the routing socket for proposals
sent by dhclient(8),
slaacd(8), or network devices which learn DNS information such as
umb(4).
If unwind(8) is running it prepends the following to /etc/resolv.conf:
nameserver 127.0.0.1It also adds any other DNS proposals, but commented out. If unwind(8) is not running it simply adds any other DNS proposals. After that, it appends user-edited lines to the file.
resolvd keeps track of which parts it
managed in the past and will only change those. It will also create
/etc/resolv.conf if it does not exist or if it is
empty.
The options are as follows:
-d- Do not daemonize. If this option is specified,
resolvdwill run in the foreground and log to stderr. -v- Produce more verbose output.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The resolvd program first appeared in
OpenBSD 6.9.