<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para><command>systemd-networkd</command> is a system
- service that manages network name resolution. It does so by
- generating <filename>/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf</filename>,
- which may be symlinked from <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>.
- The contents is generated from the global settings in
+ <para><command>systemd-resolved</command> is a system
+ service that manages network name resolution. It
+ implements a caching DNS stub resolver and an LLMNR
+ resolver and responder. It also generates
+ <filename>/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf</filename>
+ for compatibility which may be symlinked from
+ <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>.</para>
+
+ <para>The DNS servers contacted are determined from
+ the global settings in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>resolved.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- the per-link static settings in <filename>.network</filename> files,
- and the per-link dynamic settings received over DHCP. See
+ the per-link static settings in
+ <filename>.network</filename> files, and the per-link
+ dynamic settings received over DHCP. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for more details.</para>
+ for more details.</para>
<para>Note that <filename>/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf</filename>
should not be used directly, but only through a symlink from
- <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>.</para>
+ <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>resolved.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>resolved.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>