tldr/pages/common/resolvconf.md

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resolvconf

Manage nameserver information. Acts as an intermediary between programs that supply nameserver information and applications that use this information. This tldr documents Debian's implementation of resolvconf. More information: https://manned.org/resolvconf.8.

  • Add or override the IFACE.PROG record and run the update scripts if updating is enabled:

resolvconf -a {{IFACE.PROG}}

  • Delete the IFACE.PROG record and run the update scripts if updating is enabled:

resolvconf -d {{IFACR.PROG}}

  • Just run the update scripts if updating is enabled:

resolvconf -u

  • Set the flag indicating whether resolvconf should run update scripts when invoked with -a, -d or -u:

resolvconf --enable-updates

  • Clear the flag indicating whether to run updates:

resolvconf --disable-updates

  • Check whether updates are enabled:

resolvconf --updates-are-enabled