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Problem

How to use the resolvconf command: Manage nameserver information. Acts as an intermediary between programs that supply nameserver information and applications that use this information. This page documents Debian's implementation of resolvconf. More information: <https://manned.org/resolvconf>.

Solution

resolvconf — Manage nameserver information. Acts as an intermediary between programs that supply nameserver information and applications that use this information. This page documents Debian's implementation of resolvconf. More information: <https://manned.org/resolvconf>.

Add or override the IFACE.PROG record and run the update scripts if updating is enabled:

resolvconf -a {{IFACE.PROG}}

Delete the IFACE.PROG record and run the update scripts if updating is enabled:

resolvconf -d {{IFACR.PROG}}

Just run the update scripts if updating is enabled:

resolvconf -u

Set the flag indicating whether resolvconf should run update scripts when invoked with -a, -d, or -u:

resolvconf --enable-updates

Clear the flag indicating whether to run updates:

resolvconf --disable-updates

Check whether updates are enabled:

resolvconf --updates-are-enabled

Code Snippets

Add or override the IFACE.PROG record and run the update scripts if updating is enabled

resolvconf -a {{IFACE.PROG}}

Delete the IFACE.PROG record and run the update scripts if updating is enabled

resolvconf -d {{IFACR.PROG}}

Just run the update scripts if updating is enabled

resolvconf -u

Set the flag indicating whether `resolvconf` should run update scripts when invoked with `-a`, `-d`, or `-u`

resolvconf --enable-updates

Clear the flag indicating whether to run updates

resolvconf --disable-updates

Context

tldr-pages: common/resolvconf

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