(split) LDP: Update original to LDP v3.65

[linuxjm/LDP_man-pages.git] / original / man5 / resolv.conf.5

diff --git a/original/man5/resolv.conf.5 b/original/man5/resolv.conf.5
index 716b345..2e97301 100644 (file)
--- a/original/man5/resolv.conf.5
+++ b/original/man5/resolv.conf.5
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" Added ndots remark by Bernhard R. Link - debian bug #182886
 .\"
-.TH RESOLV.CONF 5 2013-03-05 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH RESOLV.CONF 5 2014-02-22 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .UC 4
 .SH NAME
 resolv.conf \- resolver configuration file
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ The resolver configuration file contains information that is read
 by the resolver routines the first time they are invoked by a process.
 The file is designed to be human readable and contains a list of
 keywords with values that provide various types of resolver information.
+The configuration file is considered a trusted source of DNS information
+(e.g., DNSSEC AD-bit information will be returned unmodified from this
+source).
 .LP
 If this file does not exist,
 only the name server on the local machine will be queried;
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ until a maximum number of retries are made.)
 \fBdomain\fP Local domain name.
 Most queries for names within this domain can use short names
 relative to the local domain.
+If set to \(aq.\(aq, the root domain is considered.
 If no \fBdomain\fP entry is present, the domain is determined
 from the local hostname returned by
 .BR gethostname (2);
@@ -179,7 +183,7 @@ sets
 .BR RES_ROTATE
 in
 .IR _res.options ,
-which causes round-robin selection of nameservers from among those listed.
+which causes round-robin selection of name servers from among those listed.
 This has the effect of spreading the query load among all listed servers,
 rather than having all clients try the first listed server first every time.
 .TP
@@ -290,3 +294,11 @@ in the first column are treated as comments.
 .BR named (8)
 .br
 Name Server Operations Guide for BIND
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.65 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+and information about reporting bugs,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.