From 2f166bb79b026ca3dfa1117b1a01aecbabcaccf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:40:52 +0100 Subject: man: document _outbound --- man/systemd-resolved.service.xml | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'man/systemd-resolved.service.xml') diff --git a/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml b/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml index ed6214cd62..9c7c482549 100644 --- a/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd-resolved.service.xml @@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ gateway addresses, ordered by their metric. This assigns a stable hostname to the current gateway, useful for referencing it independently of the current network configuration state. + The hostname _outbound is resolved to the local IPv4 and IPv6 + addresses that are most likely used for communication with other hosts. This is determined by + requesting a routing decision to the configured default gateways from the kernel and then using the + local IP addresses selected by this decision. This hostname is only available if there is at least one + local default gateway configured. This assigns a stable hostname to the local outbound IP addresses, + useful for referencing them independently of the current network configuration state. + The mappings defined in /etc/hosts are resolved to their configured addresses and back, but they will not affect lookups for non-address types (like MX). Support for /etc/hosts may be disabled with ReadEtcHosts=no, -- cgit v1.2.1