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authorThomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com>2016-11-14 12:32:11 +0100
committerThomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com>2016-11-14 12:34:28 +0100
commitce28e6ab3080cacdb1138057ac8442e42e0b20b7 (patch)
tree2e06460ea9cd2ba90dd2c9ded73a6a044cb2402b
parent34eb8d513fe5953723c4b38e5691cde66ba3a34f (diff)
downloadNetworkManager-ce28e6ab3080cacdb1138057ac8442e42e0b20b7.tar.gz
man: clarify dns=default setting in NetworkManager.conf manual
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774399
-rw-r--r--man/NetworkManager.conf.xml18
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml b/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml
index 6df33d4f0b..f765ca9461 100644
--- a/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml
+++ b/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml
@@ -278,13 +278,17 @@ no-auto-default=*
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>dns</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Set the DNS (<filename>resolv.conf</filename>) processing mode.</para>
+ <listitem><para>Set the DNS (<filename>resolv.conf</filename>) processing mode.
+ If the key is unspecified, <literal>default</literal> is used,
+ unless <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> is a symlink to
+ <filename>/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf</filename>,
+ <filename>/lib/systemd/resolv.conf</filename> or
+ <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/resolv.conf</filename>.
+ In that case, <literal>systemd-resolved</literal> is chosen automatically.
+ </para>
<para><literal>default</literal>: NetworkManager will update
- <filename>resolv.conf</filename> to reflect the nameservers
- provided by currently active connections. This is the default
- if the key is not specified, unless the system is configured
- to use systemd-resolved; in this case the default is
- <literal>systemd-resolved</literal></para>
+ <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> to reflect the nameservers
+ provided by currently active connections.</para>
<para><literal>dnsmasq</literal>: NetworkManager will run
dnsmasq as a local caching nameserver, using a "split DNS"
configuration if you are connected to a VPN, and then update
@@ -300,7 +304,7 @@ no-auto-default=*
manual page for more details).</para>
<para><literal>unbound</literal>: NetworkManager will talk
to unbound and dnssec-triggerd, providing a "split DNS"
- configuration with DNSSEC support. The <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>
+ configuration with DNSSEC support. <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>
will be managed by dnssec-trigger daemon.</para>
<para><literal>systemd-resolved</literal>: NetworkManager will
push the DNS configuration to systemd-resolved</para>