resolvconf Command Examples

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.8.

• 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