multiple nameservers in resolvconf.conf

Eric van Gyzen eric at vangyzen.net
Wed Mar 22 00:34:49 UTC 2017


On 3/21/17 4:52 PM, Igor R. wrote:
>
> How one can specify multiple name servers in each of the
> following options in resolvconf.conf:  (note, it is not resolv.conf!)
> https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=resolvconf.conf&sektion=5
>
> append_nameservers
> and
> prepend_nameservers ?
>
>
> Even though the options have "nameservers" in plural, I could not find
> any example anywhere on the net that would indicate multiple values for
> these two options.
>
> I've tried
> append_nameservers=127.0.0.1, 192.168.15.2
> append_nameservers=127.0.0.1,192.168.15.2
> append_nameservers=127.0.0.1 192.168.15.2
> append_nameservers=127.0.0.1; 192.168.15.2
> as well as specifying them on separate lines:
> append_nameservers=127.0.0.1
> append_nameservers=192.168.15.2
>
> These different version yield 3 different outcomes, but none of them
> produces resolv.conf (upon running resolvconf -u) with both servers in
> there.

The config file is in /bin/sh syntax, so I imagine it would be:

append_nameservers='127.0.0.1 192.168.15.2'

Give that a shot.

Eric


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