Difference between revisions of "Changing nameservers"
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| + | search line means which domain is searched for that host if specified name is not FQDN. Ie. if you have: | ||
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| + | and you do '''host servera''' on shell, it will try finding servera.pulsedmedia.com | ||
[[Category:Dedicated server guides]] | [[Category:Dedicated server guides]] | ||
[[Category:Guides]] | [[Category:Guides]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:10, 1 September 2011
On most Linux servers the nameservers are in /etc/resolv.conf Edit this file, with for example vim
vim /etc/resolv.conf
Format of the file is nameserver a.b.c.d, example resolv.conf with google dns servers:
nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 8.8.4.4
search line means which domain is searched for that host if specified name is not FQDN. Ie. if you have:
search pulsedmedia.com
and you do host servera on shell, it will try finding servera.pulsedmedia.com
