named-xfer(8)named-xfer(8)Namenamed-xfer - pull BIND/Hesiod zones from another server
Syntax
/usr/etc/named-xfer -z zone_to_transfer -f db_file -s serial_no [ -d
debug_level ] [ -l debug_log_file ] [ -t trace_file ] [ -p port ] [ -n
] [ -a auth_type.auth_ver ] servers...
Description
The transfer daemon, is a server that is usually run by the daemon, but
it can also be run manually with the given arguments. The transfer
daemon runs on a BIND/Hesiod secondary server and pulls BIND/Hesiod
zones from a primary server. This daemon is not run by default, nor
can it be started up from
Options-z zone_to_transfer
This option is required to pull a zone. The
zone_to_transfer argument specifies the name of the
BIND/Hesiod zone that the daemon will transfer, for
example, dec.com.
-f db_file This option is required to pull a zone. The
db_file argument specifies the name of the file into
which the pulled zone information is placed.
-s serial_no This option is required to pull a zone. The
serial_no argument should be set to the current
serial number of the SOA record for the zone
zone_to_transfer. If serial_no is set to 0, the
zone is always pulled.
-d debug_level The debug_level argument sets the debug level and
determines the amount of debug information to be
displayed.
-l debug_log_file The debug_log_file argument specifies the file that
will contain any debug messages from the zone pull.
-t trace_file The trace_file argument specifies the file that will
contain a trace from the zone pull.
-p port The port argument specifies the port that will be
used instead of the default nameserver port listed
in
-n This option must be used when the daemon is running
in the network safe mode. It indicates that the
zone pull must be authenticated.
-a auth_type.auth_ver
This option must be used if the daemon is running in
the network safe mode. The auth_type argument indi‐
cates what type of authentication to use and the
auth_ver argument indicates what version of the
authentication type to use. Currently, the
auth_type must be "kerberos" and the auth_ver must
be "one".
servers... The servers argument is a list of Internet addresses
from which to pull a zone. If the first host cannot
be ddreached, the transfer daemon will try to pull
the zone from the next host listed.
See Alsoservices(5), named(8), kerberos(8krb)
Guide to the BIND/Hesiod Service
Guide to Kerberos
named-xfer(8)