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-rw-r--r--man/systemd-resolved.service.xml20
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml b/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml
index 27662456ea..96dc4f6620 100644
--- a/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml
@@ -61,15 +61,22 @@
resolver and an LLMNR resolver and responder. It also generates
<filename>/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf</filename> for
compatibility which may be symlinked from
- <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>.</para>
+ <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>. The glibc NSS module
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nss-resolve</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ is necessary to allow libc's NSS resolver functions to resolve
+ host names via <command>systemd-resolved</command>.</para>
<para>The DNS servers contacted are determined from the global
- settings in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>resolved.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- the per-link static settings in <filename>.network</filename>
- files, and the per-link dynamic settings received over DHCP. See
+ settings in <filename>/etc/systemd/resolved.conf</filename>, the
+ per-link static settings in <filename>/etc/systemd/network/*.network</filename> files,
+ and the per-link dynamic settings received over DHCP. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>resolved.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for more details.</para>
+ for details. To improve compatibility
+ <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> is read in order to discover
+ configured system DNS servers, however only if it is not a symlink
+ to <filename>/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf</filename> (see above).</para>
<para><command>systemd-resolved</command> synthesizes DNS RRs for the following cases:</para>
@@ -137,6 +144,7 @@
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>resolved.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nss-resolve</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>