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| author | Simon Paillard <spaillard@debian.org> | 2012-11-11 12:08:29 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2012-11-11 12:08:29 +0100 |
| commit | b1171e214ecedd13cc7003d9fb97a3127df8c0ab (patch) | |
| tree | 585fcad1796bdbf2827daa2fc182ac7ff0031f3d | |
| parent | 4bcf05347cb29dcda3ae90cfb800cac06d952800 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-b1171e214ecedd13cc7003d9fb97a3127df8c0ab.tar.gz | |
resolv.conf.5: Document IPv6 format for nameserver
See: http://bugs.debian.org/610036
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man5/resolv.conf.5 | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man5/resolv.conf.5 b/man5/resolv.conf.5 index e82ea72750..9a3ca54baa 100644 --- a/man5/resolv.conf.5 +++ b/man5/resolv.conf.5 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ .\" .\" Added ndots remark by Bernhard R. Link - debian bug #182886 .\" -.TH RESOLV.CONF 5 2012-05-04 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH RESOLV.CONF 5 2012-11-11 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .UC 4 .SH NAME resolv.conf \- resolver configuration file @@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ and the domain search path is constructed from the domain name. The different configuration options are: .TP \fBnameserver\fP Name server IP address -Internet address (in dot notation) of a name server -that the resolver should query. +Internet address of a name server that the resolver should query, +either an IPv4 address (in dot notation), +or an IPv6 address in colon (and possibly dot) notation as per RFC 2373. Up to .B MAXNS (currently 3, see \fI<resolv.h>\fP) name servers may be listed, |