resolve nameservers

Keith

Keith

How does one add additional nameservers to resolv.conf. I can't find a man page or any additional information in the handbook. What is the syntax? Is it limited to three DNS servers? My domain registrar provides me with four name servers.
 
Keith said:
How does one add additional nameservers to resolv.conf. I can't find a man page or any additional information in the handbook. What is the syntax? Is it limited to three DNS servers? My domain registrar provides me with four name servers.
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% man resolv.conf

goes to resolver(5), which says
Up to MAXNS (currently 3) name servers may be listed, one per keyword.
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Three ought to be enough, but you could modify MAXNS and recompile if you really feel compelled to do so.
 
Up to three nameservers, one per keyword (per line) so you'd want it to look like this:

Code: 
nameserver     192.168.1.5
nameserver     8.8.8.8
nameserver     8.8.4.4
 
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