Allow specification of DNS vhost and server in ircd.conf.

[ircu2.10.12-pk.git] / doc / example.conf

diff --git a/doc/example.conf b/doc/example.conf
index a5d57bc67cfc89ec2c67ee9cfeb6b1373e6e8286..5e20dcb98cb365aee0f562684c2c26666c414035 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/example.conf
+++ b/doc/example.conf
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
 #         vhost = "ipv6vhost";
 #         description = "description";
 #         numeric = numericnumber;
+#         dns vhost = "ipv4vhost";
+#         dns vhost = "ipv6vhost";
+#         dns server = "ipaddress";
+#         dns server = "ipaddress2";
 # };
 #
 # If present, <virtual host> must contain a valid address in dotted
@@ -71,6 +75,15 @@
 #
 # Note that <server numeric> has to be unique on the network your server
 # is running on, must be between 0 and 4095, and is not updated on a rehash.
+#
+# The two DNS lines allow you to specify the local IP address to use
+# for DNS lookups ("dns vhost") and one or more DNS server addresses
+# to use.  If the vhost is ambiguous for some reason, you may list
+# IPV4 and/or IPV6 between the equals sign and the address string.
+# The default DNS vhost is to let the operating system assign the
+# address, and the default DNS servers are read from /etc/resolv.conf.
+# In most cases, you do not need to specify either the dns vhost or
+# the dns server.
 General {
          name = "London.UK.Eu.UnderNet.org";
          description = "University of London, England";