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@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@
<para>Enables DHCPv4 and/or DHCPv6 support. Accepts
<literal>yes</literal>, <literal>no</literal>,
<literal>ipv4</literal>, or <literal>ipv6</literal>.</para>
+
+ <para>Please note that by default the domain name
+ specified through DHCP is not used for name resolution.
+ See option <option>UseDomains=</option> below.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -529,6 +533,9 @@
<para>When true (the default), the DNS servers received
from the DHCP server will be used and take precedence over
any statically configured ones.</para>
+
+ <para>This corresponds to the <option>nameserver</option>
+ option in <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -567,7 +574,13 @@
<listitem>
<para>When true (not the default), the domain name
received from the DHCP server will be used for DNS
- resolution over this link.</para>
+ 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>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>