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author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2020-04-19 22:01:21 +0200 |
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committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2020-04-19 22:01:21 +0200 |
commit | 924ccc35f95cabbcb475a659f4a2e2f4cd9ff7c6 (patch) | |
tree | 0754f4b93c3b5f422bf93e7bd4e1755f0bb053ed /man/resolvectl.xml | |
parent | c40bd28419ca02718360d016c47f4ac5495ed0ea (diff) | |
download | systemd-924ccc35f95cabbcb475a659f4a2e2f4cd9ff7c6.tar.gz |
man: add a note that resolvconf updates /etc/resolv.conf in specific circumstances
When someone knows how the whole ecosystem works, this is understandable.
But for someone coming from a system where resolvconf updates /etc/resolv.conf
directly, this can be rather surprising.
For https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1815605.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/resolvectl.xml')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/resolvectl.xml b/man/resolvectl.xml index 594e22c03f..4911980823 100644 --- a/man/resolvectl.xml +++ b/man/resolvectl.xml @@ -297,8 +297,16 @@ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, similar to how <option>dns</option> and <option>domain</option> commands operate. Note that <command>systemd-resolved.service</command> is the only supported backend, which is different from other - implementations of this command. Note that not all operations supported by other implementations are supported - natively. Specifically:</para> + implementations of this command.</para> + + <para><filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> will only be updated with servers added with this command + when <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> is a symlink to + <filename>/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf</filename>, and not a static file. See the discussion of + <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> handling in + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. + </para> + + <para>Not all operations supported by other implementations are supported natively. Specifically:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> |