---
name: "interface-order"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "resolvconf"
version: "1.94"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/interface-order"
---

# interface-order(5)

resolvconf configuration file

## NAME

interface-order - resolvconf configuration file

## DESCRIPTION

The file */etc/resolvconf/interface-order* is used to control the order in which resolvconf nameserver information records are processed by those resolvconf update scripts that consult this file. (The name of the file is apt because a resolvconf nameserver information record is named after the interface with which it is associated.)

The file contains a sequence of shell glob patterns, one per line. The position of a record in the order is the point at which its name first matches a pattern.

Patterns may not contain whitespace, slashes or initial dots or tildes. Blank lines and lines beginning with a '#' are ignored.

Resolvconf update scripts in */etc/resolvconf/update.d/* that consult this file include the current default versions of *dnsmasq*, *pdnsd* and *libc*. (Actually they don't read the file directly; they call the utility program */usr/lib/resolvconf/list-records* which lists records in the specified order and omits the names of empty records.)

## EXAMPLE

```
# /etc/resolvconf/interface-order
# Use nameservers on the loopback interface first.
lo*
# Next use records for Ethernet interfaces
eth*
# Next use records for Wi-Fi interfaces
wlan*
# Next use records for PPP interfaces
ppp*
# Last use other interfaces
*
```

## AUTHOR

Resolvconf was written by Thomas Hood \<jdthood@gmail.com\>.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2004, 2011 Thomas Hood\
 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

## SEE ALSO

[**resolvconf**(8)](/resolvconf/8.md)