@XFER_INDOT@named-xfer - ancillary agent for inbound zone transfers
named-xfer -z zone_to_transfer -f db_file -s serial_no [ -d debuglevel ] [ -l debug_log_file ] [ -t trace_file ] [ -p port# ] [ -S ] nameserver
Named-xfer is an ancillary program executed by @INDOT@named(@SYS_OPS_EXT@) to perform an inbound zone transfer. It is rarely executed directly, and only by system administrators who are trying to debug a zone transfer problem. See RFC’s 1033, 1034, and 1035 for more information on the Internet name-domain system.
Options are:
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-z |
specifies the name of the zone to be transferred. | ||
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-f |
specifies the name of the file into which the zone should be dumped when it is received from the primary server. | ||
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-s |
specifies the serial number of our current copy of this zone. If the SOA RR we get from the primary server does not have a serial number higher than this, the transfer will be aborted. | ||
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-d |
Print debugging information. A number after the ’’d’’ determines the level of messages printed. | ||
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-l |
Specifies a log file for debugging messages. The default is system- dependent but is usually in /var/tmp or /usr/tmp. Note that this only applies if -d is also specified. | ||
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-t |
Specifies a trace file which will contain a protocol trace of the zone transfer. This is probably only of interest to people debugging the name server itself. | ||
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-p |
Use a different port number. The default is the standard port number as returned by getservbyname(@LIB_NETWORK_EXT@) for service ’’domain’’. | ||
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-S |
Perform a restricted transfer of only the SOA, NS records and glue A records for the zone. The SOA record will not be loaded by named but will be used to determine when to verify the NS records. See the ’’stubs’’ directive in @INDOT@named(@SYS_OPS_EXT@) for more information. |
Additional arguments are taken as name server addresses in so-called ’’dotted-quad’’ syntax only; no host name are allowed here. At least one address must be specified. Any additional addresses will be tried in order if the first one fails to transfer to us successfully.
@INDOT@named(@SYS_OPS_EXT@), resolver(@LIB_NETWORK_EXT@), resolver(@FORMAT_EXT@), hostname(@DESC_EXT@), RFC 882, RFC 883, RFC 973, RFC 974, RFC 1033, RFC 1034, RFC 1035, RFC 1123, Name Server Operations Guide for BIND