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25.Dd October 1, 2020
26.Dt RESOLVCONF.CONF 5
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm resolvconf.conf
30.Nd resolvconf configuration file
31.Sh DESCRIPTION
32.Nm
33is the configuration file for
34.Xr resolvconf 8 .
35The
36.Nm
37file is a shell script that is sourced by
38.Xr resolvconf 8 ,
39meaning that
40.Nm
41must contain valid shell commands.
42Listed below are the standard
43.Nm
44variables that may be set.
45If the values contain whitespace, wildcards or other special shell characters,
46ensure they are quoted and escaped correctly.
47See the
48.Sy replace
49variable for an example on quoting.
50.Pp
51After updating this file, you may wish to run
52.Nm resolvconf -u
53to apply the new configuration.
54.Pp
55When a dynamically generated list is appended or prepended to, the whole
56is made unique where left-most wins.
57.Sh RESOLVCONF OPTIONS
58.Bl -tag -width indent
59.It Sy resolvconf
60Set to NO to disable
61.Nm resolvconf
62from running any subscribers.
63Defaults to YES.
64.It Sy allow_interfaces
65If set, only these interfaces will be processed.
66.It Sy deny_interfaces
67If set, these interfaces will not be processed.
68.It Sy interface_order
69These interfaces will always be processed first.
70If unset, defaults to the following:-
71.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
72lo lo[0-9]*
73.Ed
74.It Sy dynamic_order
75These interfaces will be processed next, unless they have a metric.
76If unset, defaults to the following:-
77.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
78tap[0-9]* tun[0-9]* vpn vpn[0-9]* wg[0-9]* ppp[0-9]* ippp[0-9]*
79.Ed
80.It Sy inclusive_interfaces
81Ignore any exclusive marking for these interfaces.
82This is handy when 3rd party integrations force the
83.Nm resolvconf -x
84option and you want to disable it easily.
85.It Sy local_nameservers
86If unset, defaults to the following:-
87.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
88127.* 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 ::1
89.Ed
90.It Sy search_domains
91Prepend search domains to the dynamically generated list.
92.It Sy search_domains_append
93Append search domains to the dynamically generated list.
94.It Sy domain_blacklist
95A list of domains to be removed from consideration.
96To remove a domain, you can use foo.*
97To remove a sub domain, you can use *.bar
98.It Sy name_servers
99Prepend name servers to the dynamically generated list.
100You should set this to 127.0.0.1 if you use a local name server other than
101libc.
102.It Sy name_servers_append
103Append name servers to the dynamically generated list.
104.It Sy name_server_blacklist
105A list of name servers to be removed from consideration.
106The default is 0.0.0.0 as some faulty routers send it via DHCP.
107To remove a block, you can use 192.168.*
108.It Sy private_interfaces
109These interfaces name servers will only be queried for the domains listed
110in their resolv.conf.
111Useful for VPN domains.
112Setting
113.Sy private_interfaces Ns ="*"
114will stop the forwarding of the root zone and allows the local resolver to
115recursively query the root servers directly.
116Requires a local nameserver other than libc.
117This is equivalent to the
118.Nm resolvconf -p
119option.
120.It Sy public_interfaces
121Force these interface to be public, overriding the private marking.
122This is handy when 3rd party integrations force the
123.Nm resolvconf -p
124option and you want to disable it easily.
125.It Sy replace
126Is a space separated list of replacement keywords.
127The syntax is this:
128.Va $keyword Ns / Ns Va $match Ns / Ns Va $replacement
129.Pp
130Example, given this resolv.conf:
131.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
132domain foo.org
133search foo.org dead.beef
134nameserver 1.2.3.4
135nameserver 2.3.4.5
136.Ed
137and this configuaration:
138.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
139replace="search/foo*/bar.com"
140replace="$replace nameserver/1.2.3.4/5.6.7.8"
141replace="$replace nameserver/2.3.4.5/"
142.Ed
143you would get this resolv.conf instead:
144.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
145domain foo.org
146search bar.com
147nameserver 5.6.7.8
148.Ed
149.It Sy replace_sub
150Works the same way as
151.Sy replace
152except it works on each space separated value rather than the whole line,
153so it's useful for the replacing a single domain within the search directive.
154Using the same example resolv.conf and changing
155.Sy replace
156to
157.Sy replace_sub ,
158you would get this resolv.conf instead:
159.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
160domain foo.org
161search bar.com dead.beef
162nameserver 5.6.7.8
163.Ed
164.It Sy state_dir
165Override the default state directory of
166.Pa @VARDIR@ .
167This should not be changed once
168.Nm resolvconf
169is in use unless the old directory is copied to the new one.
170.El
171.Sh LIBC OPTIONS
172The following variables affect
173.Xr resolv.conf 5
174directly:-
175.Bl -tag -width indent
176.It Sy resolv_conf
177Defaults to
178.Pa /etc/resolv.conf
179if not set.
180.It Sy resolv_conf_options
181A list of libc resolver options, as specified in
182.Xr resolv.conf 5 .
183.It Sy resolv_conf_passthrough
184When set to YES the latest resolv.conf is written to
185.Sy resolv_conf
186without any alteration.
187When set to /dev/null or NULL,
188.Sy resolv_conf_local_only
189is defaulted to NO,
190.Sy local_nameservers
191is unset unless overridden and only the information set in
192.Nm
193is written to
194.Sy resolv_conf .
195.It Sy resolv_conf_sortlist
196A libc resolver sortlist, as specified in
197.Xr resolv.conf 5 .
198.It Sy resolv_conf_local_only
199If a local name server is configured then the default is just to specify that
200and ignore all other entries as they will be configured for the local
201name server.
202Set this to NO to also list non-local nameservers.
203This will give you working DNS even if the local nameserver stops functioning
204at the expense of duplicated server queries.
205.It Sy append_nameservers
206Append name servers to the dynamically generated list.
207.It Sy prepend_nameservers
208Prepend name servers to the dynamically generated list.
209.It Sy append_search
210Append search domains to the dynamically generated list.
211.It Sy prepend_search
212Prepend search domains to the dynamically generated list.
213.El
214.Sh SUBSCRIBER OPTIONS
215openresolv ships with subscribers for the name servers
216.Xr dnsmasq 8 ,
217.Xr named 8 ,
218.Xr pdnsd 8 ,
219.Xr pdns_recursor 1 ,
220and
221.Xr unbound 8 .
222Each subscriber can create configuration files which should be included in
223the subscribers main configuration file.
224.Pp
225To disable a subscriber, simply set it's name to NO.
226For example, to disable the libc subscriber you would set:
227.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
228libc=NO
229.Ed
230.Bl -tag -width indent
231.It Sy dnsmasq_conf
232This file tells dnsmasq which name servers to use for specific domains.
233.It Sy dnsmasq_resolv
234This file tells dnsmasq which name servers to use for global lookups.
235.Pp
236Example resolvconf.conf for dnsmasq:
237.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
238name_servers=127.0.0.1
239dnsmasq_conf=/etc/dnsmasq-conf.conf
240dnsmasq_resolv=/etc/dnsmasq-resolv.conf
241.Ed
242.Pp
243Example dnsmasq.conf:
244.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
245listen-address=127.0.0.1
246# If dnsmasq is compiled for DBus then we can take
247# advantage of not having to restart dnsmasq.
248enable-dbus
249conf-file=/etc/dnsmasq-conf.conf
250resolv-file=/etc/dnsmasq-resolv.conf
251.Ed
252.It Sy named_options
253Include this file in the named options block.
254This file tells named which name servers to use for global lookups.
255.It Sy named_zones
256Include this file in the named global scope, after the options block.
257This file tells named which name servers to use for specific domains.
258.Pp
259Example resolvconf.conf for named:
260.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
261name_servers=127.0.0.1
262named_options=/etc/named-options.conf
263named_zones=/etc/named-zones.conf
264.Ed
265.Pp
266Example named.conf:
267.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
268options {
269	listen-on { 127.0.0.1; };
270	include "/etc/named-options.conf";
271};
272
273include "/etc/named-zones.conf";
274.Ed
275.It Sy pdnsd_conf
276This is the main pdnsd configuration file which we modify to add our
277forward domains to.
278If this variable is not set then we rely on the pdnsd configuration file
279setup to read
280.Pa pdnsd_resolv
281as documented below.
282.It Sy pdnsd_resolv
283This file tells pdnsd about global name servers.
284If this variable is not set then it's written to
285.Pa pdnsd_conf .
286.Pp
287Example resolvconf.conf for pdnsd:
288.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
289name_servers=127.0.0.1
290pdnsd_conf=/etc/pdnsd.conf
291# pdnsd_resolv=/etc/pdnsd-resolv.conf
292.Ed
293.Pp
294Example pdnsd.conf:
295.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
296global {
297	server_ip = 127.0.0.1;
298	status_ctl = on;
299}
300server {
301	# A server definition is required, even if empty.
302	label="empty";
303	proxy_only=on;
304	# file="/etc/pdnsd-resolv.conf";
305}
306.Ed
307.It Sy pdns_zones
308This file tells pdns_recursor about specific and global name servers.
309.Pp
310Example resolvconf.conf for pdns_recursor:
311.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
312name_servers=127.0.0.1
313pdns_zones=/etc/pdns/recursor-zones.conf
314.Ed
315.Pp
316Example recursor.conf:
317.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
318allow-from=127.0.0.0/8, ::1/128
319forward-zones-file=/etc/pdns/recursor-zones.conf
320.Ed
321.It Sy unbound_conf
322This file tells unbound about specific and global name servers.
323.It Sy unbound_insecure
324When set to YES, unbound marks the domains as insecure, thus ignoring DNSSEC.
325.Pp
326Example resolvconf.conf for unbound:
327.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
328name_servers=127.0.0.1
329unbound_conf=/etc/unbound-resolvconf.conf
330.Ed
331.Pp
332Example unbound.conf:
333.Bd -compact -literal -offset indent
334include: /etc/unbound-resolvconf.conf
335.Ed
336.El
337.Sh SUBSCRIBER INTEGRATION
338Not all distributions store the files the subscribers need in the same
339locations.
340For example, named service scripts have been called named, bind and rc.bind
341and they could be located in a directory called /etc/rc.d, /etc/init.d or
342similar.
343Each subscriber attempts to automatically configure itself, but not every
344distribution has been catered for.
345Also, users could equally want to use a different version from the one
346installed by default, such as bind8 and bind9.
347To accommodate this, the subscribers have these files in configurable
348variables, documented below.
349.Bl -tag -width indent
350.It Sy dnsmasq_service
351Name of the dnsmasq service.
352.It Sy dnsmasq_restart
353Command to restart the dnsmasq service.
354.It Sy dnsmasq_pid
355Location of the dnsmasq pidfile.
356.It Sy libc_service
357Name of the libc service.
358.It Sy libc_restart
359Command to restart the libc service.
360.It Sy named_service
361Name of the named service.
362.It Sy named_restart
363Command to restart the named service.
364.It Sy pdnsd_restart
365Command to restart the pdnsd service.
366.It Sy pdns_service
367Command to restart the pdns_recursor service.
368.It Sy pdns_restart
369Command to restart the pdns_recursor service.
370.It Sy unbound_service
371Name of the unbound service.
372.It Sy unbound_restart
373Command to restart the unbound service.
374.It Sy unbound_pid
375Location of the unbound pidfile.
376.El
377.Sh SEE ALSO
378.Xr sh 1 ,
379.Xr resolv.conf 5 ,
380.Xr resolvconf 8
381.Sh AUTHORS
382.An Roy Marples Aq Mt roy@marples.name
383.Sh BUGS
384Each distribution is a special snowflake and likes to name the same thing
385differently, namely the named service script.
386.Pp
387Please report them to
388.Lk http://roy.marples.name/projects/openresolv
389