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### 5.3.2.6 /etc/resolv.conf

This file configures the name resolver, specifying the address of your name server (if any) and your domain name. Your domain name is your fully-qualified hostname (if you're a registered machine on the Internet, for example), with the hostname chopped off. That is, if your full hostname is `loomer.vpizza.com`, your domain name is just `vpizza.com`.

For example, if your machine is `goober.norelco.com`, and has a nameserver at the address 128.253.154.5, your `/etc/resolv.conf` would look like:

``

    domain      norelco.com
    nameserver  127.253.154.5

You can specify more than one nameserver---each must have a `nameserver` line of its own in `resolv.conf`.

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