DNCA on RHEL - Configuring DNS
This section provides a brief description of the configuration
files for Domain Name Service (DNS), the service that is used to convert
between host names and IP addresses. The file /etc/nsswitch.conf
controls
the use of various system database files and name services. When DNS
is enabled by the nsswitch.conf
file, the file /etc/resolv.conf
controls
how the lookups are performed. The changes that you make to these
system files take after effect you save your changes to the files.
You can also use the redhat-config-network graphical utility to configure DNS. It is available when the redhat-config-network package is installed. This package and the commands it provides are not available with a minimal RHEL installation.