resolvconf

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