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- RESOLV+(8) August 19, 1992
-
-
- NAME
- resolv+ - enhanced DNS resolver library
-
- DESCRIPTION
- Resolv+ is a modified version of the standard Berkeley BIND host
- resolver library.
- Enhancements include support for host lookups via the Internet Domain
- Name System (DNS), the /etc/hosts file, and Sun's Network Information Service
- (NIS).
-
- The programmer interface to the resolv+ routines is identical to that
- of the standard resolver library. For further information see the
- appropriate manual pages.
-
- CONFIGURATION
- As with the standard resolver library, the file /etc/resolv.conf
- must be set up before the resolver can function. In addition, the file
- /etc/host.conf contains configuration information specific to resolv+.
-
- The host.conf file should contain one configuration keyword per line,
- followed by appropriate configuration information. The keywords recognized
- are:
- order,
- trim,
- multi,
- nospoof,
- and
- reorder.
-
- Each keyword is described seperately below.
-
- • order
- This keyword specifies how host lookups are to be performed. It should be
- followed by one or more lookup methods, seperated by commas. Valid methods
- are:
- bind, (use nameserver to find the address/name)
- hosts, (use /etc/hosts to find the address/name)
- and
- nis. (use NIS to find the address/name)
-
- • trim
- This keyword may be listed more than once. Each time it should be followed
- by a single domain name, with the leading dot. When set, the resolv+
- library will automatically trim the given domain name from the end of any
- hostname resolved via DNS. This is intended for use with local hosts and
- domains. (Related note: trim will not affect hostnames gathered via NIS or
- the hosts file. Care should be taken to insure that the first hostname for
- each entry in the hosts file is fully qualified or non-qualified, as
- appropriate for the local installation.)
-
- • multi
- Valid values are:
- on
- and
- off.
- If set to "on," the resolv+ library will return all valid addresses for a
- host that appears in the /etc/hosts file, instead of only the first. This
- is off by default, as it may cause a substantial performance loss at sites
- with large hosts files.
-
- • nospoof
- Valid values are:
- on
- and
- off.
- If set to "on," the resolv+ library will attempt to prevent hostname
- spoofing to enhance the security of rlogin and rsh.
- It works as follows: after performing a host address lookup, resolv+ will
- perform a hostname lookup for that address. If the two hostnames do not
- match, the query will fail.
-
- • alert
- If this option is set to "on" and the nospoof option is also set, resolv+
- will log a warning of the error via the syslog facility. The default value
- is off.
-
- • reorder
- Valid values are
- on
- and
- off.
- If set to "on," resolv+ will attempt to reorder host addresses so that
- local addresses (i.e., on the same subnet) are listed first when a
- gethostbyname() is performed. Reordering is done for all lookup methods.
- The default value is off.
-
- ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
- The following environment variables may be set to override resolv+'s
- configured behavior:
-
- RESOLV_HOST_CONF
- If set, it will override the default filename ("/etc/host.conf") for
- the resolv+ configuration file.
-
- RESOLV_SERV_ORDER
- If set, will override the "order" keyword in the host.conf file.
-
- RESOLV_SPOOF_CHECK
- If set, will override the spoof check flag. Valid values are "off"
- to disable checking, "warn" to enable checking and warning, and "warn off"
- to enable checking but not warning.
-
- RESOLV_ADD_TRIM_DOMAINS
- If set, contains a list of domains to trim that will augment, not
- supersede, the list in the host.conf file.
-
- RESOLV_OVERRIDE_TRIM_DOMAINS
- If set, contains a list of domains to trim that will override those
- in the host.conf file.
-
- RESOLV_MULTI
- If set, overrides the "multi" keyword in the host.conf file.
-
- RESOLV_REORDER
- If set, overrides the "reorder" keyword in the host.conf file.
-
- FILES
- /etc/host.conf,
- /etc/hosts
-
- BUGS
- Quite possibly.
-
- AUTHOR
- The original BIND resolver library comes from the University of
- California at Berkeley's Computer Science Research Group. The original
- resolv+ modifications were made by Bill Wisner <wisner@uunet.UU.NET>. Bug
- fixes and enhancements were contributed by Patrick Gosling, Chris Metcalf,
- John DiMarco and J. Porter Clark, John P. Rouillard, Dan O'Neill and
- Tom Limoncelli.
-
- SEE ALSO
- resolver(3), resolver(5), hosts(5), hostname(7), named(8)
-