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<!--
- - Copyright (C) 2004 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
- - Copyright (C) 2001 Internet Software Consortium.
- -
+ - Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+ - Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 Internet Software Consortium.
+ -
- Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
- purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
- copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
- -
+ -
- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ISC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH
- REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
- - AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL ISC BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT,
+ - AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL ISC BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT,
- INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM
- LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE
- OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
- PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
-->
-
-<!-- $Id: rndc.html,v 1.7.2.1.4.3 2004/08/22 23:39:00 marka Exp $ -->
-
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
-<HTML
-><HEAD
-><TITLE
->rndc</TITLE
-><META
-NAME="GENERATOR"
-CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"></HEAD
-><BODY
-CLASS="REFENTRY"
-BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
-TEXT="#000000"
-LINK="#0000FF"
-VLINK="#840084"
-ALINK="#0000FF"
-><H1
-><A
-NAME="AEN1"
-></A
-><SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->rndc</SPAN
-></H1
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFNAMEDIV"
-><A
-NAME="AEN9"
-></A
-><H2
->Name</H2
-><SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->rndc</SPAN
->&nbsp;--&nbsp;name server control utility</DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
-><A
-NAME="AEN13"
-></A
-><H2
->Synopsis</H2
-><P
-><B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->rndc</B
-> [<VAR
-CLASS="OPTION"
->-c <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->config-file</VAR
-></VAR
->] [<VAR
-CLASS="OPTION"
->-k <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->key-file</VAR
-></VAR
->] [<VAR
-CLASS="OPTION"
->-s <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->server</VAR
-></VAR
->] [<VAR
-CLASS="OPTION"
->-p <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->port</VAR
-></VAR
->] [<VAR
-CLASS="OPTION"
->-V</VAR
->] [<VAR
-CLASS="OPTION"
->-y <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->key_id</VAR
-></VAR
->] {command}</P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN34"
-></A
-><H2
->DESCRIPTION</H2
-><P
-> <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->rndc</B
-> controls the operation of a name
- server. It supersedes the <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->ndc</B
-> utility
+<!-- $Id: rndc.html,v 1.7.2.1.4.10 2005/10/13 02:33:50 marka Exp $ -->
+<html>
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
+<title>rndc</title>
+<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.69.1">
+</head>
+<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en">
+<a name="id2463721"></a><div class="titlepage"></div>
+<div class="refnamediv">
+<h2>Name</h2>
+<p><span class="application">rndc</span> &#8212; name server control utility</p>
+</div>
+<div class="refsynopsisdiv">
+<h2>Synopsis</h2>
+<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">rndc</code> [<code class="option">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-k <em class="replaceable"><code>key-file</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-s <em class="replaceable"><code>server</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-V</code>] [<code class="option">-y <em class="replaceable"><code>key_id</code></em></code>] {command}</p></div>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
+<a name="id2525886"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
+<p>
+ <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> controls the operation of a name
+ server. It supersedes the <span><strong class="command">ndc</strong></span> utility
that was provided in old BIND releases. If
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->rndc</B
-> is invoked with no command line
+ <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> is invoked with no command line
options or arguments, it prints a short summary of the
supported commands and the available options and their
arguments.
- </P
-><P
-> <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->rndc</B
-> communicates with the name server
+ </p>
+<p>
+ <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> communicates with the name server
over a TCP connection, sending commands authenticated with
digital signatures. In the current versions of
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->rndc</B
-> and <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->named</B
-> named
+ <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> and <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> named
the only supported authentication algorithm is HMAC-MD5,
which uses a shared secret on each end of the connection.
This provides TSIG-style authentication for the command
request and the name server's response. All commands sent
over the channel must be signed by a key_id known to the
server.
- </P
-><P
-> <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->rndc</B
-> reads a configuration file to
+ </p>
+<p>
+ <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> reads a configuration file to
determine how to contact the name server and decide what
algorithm and key it should use.
- </P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN46"
-></A
-><H2
->OPTIONS</H2
-><P
-></P
-><DIV
-CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
-><DL
-><DT
->-c <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->config-file</VAR
-></DT
-><DD
-><P
-> Use <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->config-file</VAR
->
+ </p>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
+<a name="id2525927"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
+<div class="variablelist"><dl>
+<dt><span class="term">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Use <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em>
as the configuration file instead of the default,
- <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/etc/rndc.conf</TT
->.
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-k <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->key-file</VAR
-></DT
-><DD
-><P
-> Use <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->key-file</VAR
->
+ <code class="filename">/etc/rndc.conf</code>.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term">-k <em class="replaceable"><code>key-file</code></em></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Use <em class="replaceable"><code>key-file</code></em>
as the key file instead of the default,
- <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/etc/rndc.key</TT
->. The key in
- <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/etc/rndc.key</TT
-> will be used to authenticate
- commands sent to the server if the <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->config-file</VAR
->
+ <code class="filename">/etc/rndc.key</code>. The key in
+ <code class="filename">/etc/rndc.key</code> will be used to authenticate
+ commands sent to the server if the <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em>
does not exist.
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-s <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->server</VAR
-></DT
-><DD
-><P
-> <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->server</VAR
-> is
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term">-s <em class="replaceable"><code>server</code></em></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>server</code></em> is
the name or address of the server which matches a
server statement in the configuration file for
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->rndc</B
->. If no server is supplied on the
+ <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span>. If no server is supplied on the
command line, the host named by the default-server clause
in the option statement of the configuration file will be
used.
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-p <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->port</VAR
-></DT
-><DD
-><P
-> Send commands to TCP port
- <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->port</VAR
-> instead
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Send commands to TCP port
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em> instead
of BIND 9's default control channel port, 953.
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-V</DT
-><DD
-><P
-> Enable verbose logging.
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
->-y <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->keyid</VAR
-></DT
-><DD
-><P
-> Use the key <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->keyid</VAR
->
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term">-V</span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Enable verbose logging.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term">-y <em class="replaceable"><code>keyid</code></em></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Use the key <em class="replaceable"><code>keyid</code></em>
from the configuration file.
- <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->keyid</VAR
-> must be
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>keyid</code></em> must be
known by named with the same algorithm and secret string
in order for control message validation to succeed.
- If no <VAR
-CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
->keyid</VAR
->
- is specified, <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->rndc</B
-> will first look
+ If no <em class="replaceable"><code>keyid</code></em>
+ is specified, <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> will first look
for a key clause in the server statement of the server
being used, or if no server statement is present for that
host, then the default-key clause of the options statement.
@@ -286,103 +114,43 @@ CLASS="COMMAND"
which are used to send authenticated control commands
to name servers. It should therefore not have general read
or write access.
- </P
-></DD
-></DL
-></DIV
-><P
-> For the complete set of commands supported by <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->rndc</B
->,
+ </p></dd>
+</dl></div>
+<p>
+ For the complete set of commands supported by <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span>,
see the BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual or run
- <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->rndc</B
-> without arguments to see its help message.
- </P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN94"
-></A
-><H2
->LIMITATIONS</H2
-><P
-> <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->rndc</B
-> does not yet support all the commands of
- the BIND 8 <B
-CLASS="COMMAND"
->ndc</B
-> utility.
- </P
-><P
-> There is currently no way to provide the shared secret for a
- <VAR
-CLASS="OPTION"
->key_id</VAR
-> without using the configuration file.
- </P
-><P
-> Several error messages could be clearer.
- </P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN102"
-></A
-><H2
->SEE ALSO</H2
-><P
-> <SPAN
-CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
-><SPAN
-CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
->rndc.conf</SPAN
->(5)</SPAN
->,
- <SPAN
-CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
-><SPAN
-CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
->named</SPAN
->(8)</SPAN
->,
- <SPAN
-CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
-><SPAN
-CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
->named.conf</SPAN
->(5)</SPAN
->
- <SPAN
-CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
-><SPAN
-CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
->ndc</SPAN
->(8)</SPAN
->,
- <I
-CLASS="CITETITLE"
->BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</I
->.
- </P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="REFSECT1"
-><A
-NAME="AEN118"
-></A
-><H2
->AUTHOR</H2
-><P
-> Internet Systems Consortium
- </P
-></DIV
-></BODY
-></HTML
->
+ <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> without arguments to see its help message.
+ </p>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
+<a name="id2526109"></a><h2>LIMITATIONS</h2>
+<p>
+ <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> does not yet support all the commands of
+ the BIND 8 <span><strong class="command">ndc</strong></span> utility.
+ </p>
+<p>
+ There is currently no way to provide the shared secret for a
+ <code class="option">key_id</code> without using the configuration file.
+ </p>
+<p>
+ Several error messages could be clearer.
+ </p>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
+<a name="id2526138"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
+<p>
+ <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rndc.conf</span>(5)</span>,
+ <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>,
+ <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named.conf</span>(5)</span>
+ <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">ndc</span>(8)</span>,
+ <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
+ </p>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
+<a name="id2526190"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
+<p>
+ <span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
+ </p>
+</div>
+</div></body>
+</html>
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