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diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml index 5a6383cfc2..f88751b672 100644 --- a/man/systemd.network.xml +++ b/man/systemd.network.xml @@ -396,21 +396,37 @@ described in <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. This option may be specified more than once. This setting is read by - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><varname>Domains=</varname></term> <listitem> - <para>The domains used for DNS resolution over this link. This setting is read by - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></para> + <para>The domains used for DNS host name resolution on this link. Takes a list of DNS domain names which + are used as search suffixes for extending single-label host names (host names containing no dots) to become + fully qualified domain names (FQDNs). If a single-label host name is resolved on this interface, each of + the specified search domains are appended to it in turn, converting it into a fully qualified domain name, + until one of them may be successfully resolved.</para> + + <para>The specified domains are also used for routing of DNS queries: look-ups for host names ending in the + domains specified here are preferably routed to the DNS servers configured for this interface. If a domain + name is prefixed with <literal>~</literal>, the domain name becomes a pure "routing" domain, is used for + DNS query routing purposes only and is not used in the described domain search logic. By specifying a + routing domain of <literal>~.</literal> (the tilda indicating definition of a routing domain, the dot + referring to the DNS root domain which is the implied suffix of all valid DNS names) it is possible to + route all DNS traffic preferably to the DNS server specified for this interface. The route domain logic is + particularly useful on multi-homed hosts with DNS servers serving particular private DNS zones on each + interface.</para> + + <para>This setting is read by + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><varname>NTP=</varname></term> <listitem> <para>An NTP server address. This option may be specified more than once. This setting is read by - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> @@ -701,15 +717,20 @@ <varlistentry> <term><varname>UseDomains=</varname></term> <listitem> - <para>When true (not the default), the domain name - received from the DHCP server will be used for DNS - resolution over this link. When a name cannot be resolved - as specified, the domain name will be used a suffix and - name resolution of that will be attempted.</para> - - <para>This corresponds to the <option>domain</option> - option in <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> - and should not be enabled on untrusted networks.</para> + <para>Takes a boolean argument, or a the special value <literal>route</literal>. When true, the domain name + received from the DHCP server will be used as DNS search domain over this link, similar to the effect of + the <option>Domains=</option> setting. If set to <literal>route</literal>, the domain name received from + the DHCP server will be used for routing DNS queries only, but not for searching, similar to the effect of + the <option>Domains=</option> setting when the argument is prefixed with <literal>~</literal>. Defaults to + false.</para> + + <para>It is recommended to enable this option only on trusted networks, as setting this affects resolution + of all host names, in particular to single-label names. It is generally safer to use the supplied domain + only as routing domain, rather than as search domain, in order to not have it affect local resolution of + single-label names.</para> + + <para>When set to true, this setting corresponds to the <option>domain</option> option in <citerefentry + project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |