{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "KEY.DNS_RESOLVER",
    "section": "8",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/KEY.DNS_RESOLVER/8/json",
    "generated": "2026-05-30T08:17:08Z",
    "synopsis": "/sbin/key.dnsresolver <key>\n/sbin/key.dnsresolver --dump-config [-c <configfile>]\n/sbin/key.dnsresolver -D [-v] [-v] [-c <configfile>] <desc>\n<calloutinfo>",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "key.dnsresolver - upcall for request-key to handle dnsresolver keys\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "/sbin/key.dnsresolver <key>\n/sbin/key.dnsresolver --dump-config [-c <configfile>]\n/sbin/key.dnsresolver -D [-v] [-v] [-c <configfile>] <desc>\n<calloutinfo>\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "This  program is invoked by request-key on behalf of the kernel when kernel services (such as\nNFS, CIFS and AFS) want to perform a hostname lookup and the kernel does  not  have  the  key\ncached.  It is not ordinarily intended to be called directly.\n\nThere  program  has  internal  parameters  that can be changed with a configuration file (see\nkey.dnsresolver.conf(5) for more information).  The default configuration file is  in  /etc,\nbut this can be overridden with the -c flag.\n\nThe  program  can  be  called  in debugging mode to test its functionality by passing a -D or\n--debug flag on the command line.  For this to work, the key description and the callout  in‐\nformation must be supplied.  Verbosity can be increased by supplying one or more -v flags.\n\nThe program may also be called with --dump-config to show the values that configurable param‐\neters will have after parsing the config file.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "ERRORS": {
            "content": "All errors will be logged to the syslog.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "key.dnsresolver.conf(5), request-key.conf(5), keyrings(7), request-key(8)\n\n\n\nLinux                                        18 May 2020                         KEY.DNSRESOLVER(8)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "key.dnsresolver - upcall for request-key to handle dnsresolver keys",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "key.dnsresolver.conf",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/key.dnsresolver.conf/5/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "request-key.conf",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/request-key.conf/5/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "keyrings",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/keyrings/7/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "request-key",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/request-key/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "KEY.DNSRESOLVER",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/KEY.DNSRESOLVER/8/json"
        }
    ]
}