Give the absolute path of the file that traditionally lists the DNS servers the local resolver library should query.
LPIC-1 Exam 102-500, objective 109. Networking fundamentals easy
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/etc/resolv.conf
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Why
/etc/resolv.conf holds up to three `nameserver` lines plus optional `search`, `domain` and `options` directives. Note the spelling: resolv, without the trailing e. On many current distributions the file is a symlink managed by systemd-resolved or by NetworkManager and is rewritten automatically, in which case hand edits are lost and the real configuration lives in /etc/systemd/resolved.conf or in the connection profile.
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- manual page resolv.conf(5)
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