resolv.conf option for nameserver with specific port number

[Kevin Darcy]

Vishwas wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How should the nameserver entry in /etc/resolv.conf file look like if
> a DNS is NOT running on the default port number (53).
>   
No system resolver I'm aware of allows the use of a non-standard port 
number, so your /etc/resolv.conf file should look "normal", i.e. the 
"nameserver" entries should point to IP addresses on which resolvers are 
listening on port 53. You have the option, of course, of running 
separate instances on the same box, listening on different port numbers. 
You could even have the port-53 instance forward to the non-port-53 
instance....

                                                                         
                     -Kevin