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NAME top

   nss-resolve, libnss_resolve.so.2 - Hostname resolution via
   systemd-resolved.service

SYNOPSIS top

   libnss_resolve.so.2

DESCRIPTION top

   **nss-resolve** is a plug-in module for the GNU Name Service Switch
   (NSS) functionality of the GNU C Library (**glibc**) enabling it to
   resolve hostnames via the [systemd-resolved(8)](../man8/systemd-resolved.8.html) local network name
   resolution service. It replaces the **nss-dns** plug-in module that
   traditionally resolves hostnames via DNS.

   To activate the NSS module, add "resolve [!UNAVAIL=return]" to the
   line starting with "hosts:" in /etc/nsswitch.conf. Specifically,
   it is recommended to place "resolve" early in /etc/nsswitch.conf's
   "hosts:" line. It should be before the "files" entry, since
   systemd-resolved supports /etc/hosts internally, but with caching.
   To the contrary, it should be after "mymachines", to give
   hostnames given to local VMs and containers precedence over names
   received over DNS. Finally, we recommend placing "dns" somewhere
   after "resolve", to fall back to **nss-dns** if
   systemd-resolved.service is not available.

   Note that **systemd-resolved** will synthesize DNS resource records in
   a few cases, for example for "localhost" and the current local
   hostname, see [systemd-resolved(8)](../man8/systemd-resolved.8.html) for the full list. This
   duplicates the functionality of [nss-myhostname(8)](../man8/nss-myhostname.8.html), but it is still
   recommended (see examples below) to keep **nss-myhostname** configured
   in /etc/nsswitch.conf, to keep those names resolveable if
   **systemd-resolved** is not running.

   Please keep in mind that **nss-myhostname** (and **nss-resolve**) also
   resolve in the other direction — from locally attached IP
   addresses to hostnames. If you rely on that lookup being provided
   by DNS, you might want to order things differently.

   Communication between **nss-resolve** and systemd-resolved.service
   takes place via the /run/systemd/resolve/io.systemd.Resolve
   **AF_UNIX** socket.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES top

   _$SYSTEMDNSSRESOLVEVALIDATE_
       Takes a boolean argument. When false, cryptographic validation
       of resource records via DNSSEC will be disabled. This may be
       useful for testing, or when system time is known to be
       unreliable.

       Added in version 250.

   _$SYSTEMDNSSRESOLVESYNTHESIZE_
       Takes a boolean argument. When false, synthetic records, e.g.
       for the local host name, will not be returned. See section
       SYNTHETIC RECORDS in [systemd-resolved.service(8)](../man8/systemd-resolved.service.8.html) for more
       information. This may be useful to query the "public" resource
       records, independent of the configuration of the local
       machine.

       Added in version 250.

   _$SYSTEMDNSSRESOLVECACHE_
       Takes a boolean argument. When false, the cache of previously
       queried records will not be used by [systemd-resolved(8)](../man8/systemd-resolved.8.html).

       Added in version 250.

   _$SYSTEMDNSSRESOLVEZONE_
       Takes a boolean argument. When false, answers using locally
       registered public LLMNR/mDNS resource records will not be
       returned.

       Added in version 250.

   _$SYSTEMDNSSRESOLVETRUSTANCHOR_
       Takes a boolean argument. When false, answers using locally
       configured trust anchors will not be used.

       Added in version 250.

   _$SYSTEMDNSSRESOLVENETWORK_
       Takes a boolean argument. When false, answers will be returned
       without using the network, i.e. either from local sources or
       the cache in [systemd-resolved(8)](../man8/systemd-resolved.8.html).

       Added in version 250.

EXAMPLE top

   Here is an example /etc/nsswitch.conf file that enables
   **nss-resolve** correctly:

       passwd:         files systemd
       group:          files [SUCCESS=merge] systemd
       shadow:         files systemd
       gshadow:        files systemd

       hosts:          mymachines **resolve [!UNAVAIL=return]** files myhostname dns
       networks:       files

       protocols:      db files
       services:       db files
       ethers:         db files
       rpc:            db files

       netgroup:       nis

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Pages that refer to this page:systemd.directives(7), systemd.index(7), nss-myhostname(8), nss-mymachines(8), nss-systemd(8), systemd-resolved.service(8)

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