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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2021-06-11 09:13:25 +0200
committerLuca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>2021-06-11 10:32:42 +0100
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man: clarify that global search domains apply to global servers, not all interfaces
Fixes #19257.
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<listitem><para>Queries for the address records (A and AAAA) of single-label non-synthesized names are
resolved via unicast DNS using search domains. For any interface which defines search domains, such
- look-ups are routed to that interface, suffixed with each of the search domains defined on that
- interface in turn. When global search domains are defined, such look-ups are routed to all interfaces,
- suffixed by each of the global search domains in turn. Additionally, lookup of single-label names via
- unicast DNS may be enabled with the <varname>ResolveUnicastSingleLabel=yes</varname> setting. The
- details of which servers are queried and how the final reply is chosen are described below. Note that
- this means that address queries for single-label names are never sent out to remote DNS servers by
- default, and resoulution is only possible if search domains are defined.</para></listitem>
+ look-ups are routed to the servers defined for that interface, suffixed with each of those search
+ domains. When global search domains are defined, such look-ups are routed to the global servers. For
+ each search domain, queries are performed by suffixing the name with each of the search domains in
+ turn. Additionally, lookup of single-label names via unicast DNS may be enabled with the
+ <varname>ResolveUnicastSingleLabel=yes</varname> setting. The details of which servers are queried and
+ how the final reply is chosen are described below. Note that this means that address queries for
+ single-label names are never sent out to remote DNS servers by default, and resoulution is only
+ possible if search domains are defined.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Multi-label names with the domain suffix <literal>.local</literal> are resolved using
MulticastDNS on all local interfaces where MulticastDNS is enabled. As with LLMNR, IPv4 address lookups