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>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/resolvconf.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install resolvconf
Ubuntu
apt-get install resolvconf
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S systemd-resolvconf
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install resolvconf
Fedora
dnf install resolvconf
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install resolvconf
Raspbian
apt-get install resolvconf
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/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

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