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Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd-resolved.service.xml')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml b/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml index 4e144b5c98..7a9e23a2c6 100644 --- a/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml @@ -87,15 +87,18 @@ is on the local loopback) and the IPv6 address ::1 (which is the local host).</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>The hostname <literal>localhost</literal> is - resolved to the IP addresses 127.0.0.1 and - ::1.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>The hostname <literal>localhost</literal> (as well as any hostname ending in + <literal>.localhost</literal>, <literal>.localdomain</literal> or equal to <literal>localdomain</literal>) is + resolved to the IP addresses 127.0.0.1 and ::1.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>The hostname <literal>gateway</literal> is resolved to all current default routing gateway addresses, ordered by their metric. This assigns a stable hostname to the current gateway, useful for referencing it independently of the current network configuration state.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>The mappings defined in <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> are resolved to their configured + addresses and back.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>Lookup requests are routed to the available DNS servers @@ -135,6 +138,10 @@ <para>Note that <filename>/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf</filename> should not be used directly by applications, but only through a symlink from <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>.</para> + + <para>See the <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/resolved"> resolved D-Bus API + Documentation</ulink> for information about the APIs <filename>systemd-resolved</filename> provides.</para> + </refsect1> <refsect1> @@ -146,6 +153,7 @@ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nss-resolve</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolve</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>hosts</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> |