mydnsimport(8)

1mydnsimport(8)           System Administrator's Manual          mydnsimport(8)
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NAME

6       mydnsimport - Import zone data from external sources.
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SYNOPSIS

9       mydnsimport [-a, --axfr=host] [-D, --database=dbname] [-h, --host=host‐
10       name] [-o, --output] [-p, --password[=password]] [-r,  --replace]  [-t,
11       --tinydns=file]   [--notrim]   [-u,  --user=username]  [-v,  --verbose]
12       [--help] [--version] ZONE [...]
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DESCRIPTION

17       mydnsimport imports zone data into MyDNS from an external  source.   If
18       an  import technique is specified (for example, via the --axfr option),
19       the specified zone data will be loaded and  mydnsimport  will  add  the
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22       Currently,  --axfr  and --tinydns are the only import techniques recog‐
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OPTIONS

28       -a, --axfr=hostname[:port]
29              Load zone information from the specified hostname via  the  DNS-
30              based AXFR command.
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34              If  this option is specified, mydnsimport outputs zone data in a
35              computer-friendly format  instead  of  modifying  the  database.
36              Each  line  of  output consists of a line type (soa, rr, or ptr)
37              followed by multiple fields.  Fields within each line are  sepa‐
38              rated  by  the  TAB  (ASCII  0x09)  character.  See LINE SYNTAX,
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43              When importing, if the zone specified already  exists,  mydnsim‐
44              port  will  refuse  to  make changes to the database unless this
45              flag is provided.  When this  flag  is  provided,  if  the  zone
46              already  exists, its SOA record will be updated (from the exter‐
47              nal source), all resource records for that zone are purged,  and
48              a  new  set  of  resource  records  is  loaded from the external
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53              Normally the zone origin is removed from labels when  importing,
54              in  order  to  save  space  in  the  database.   In other words,
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68              Supply  password when connecting to the database server.  If the
69              password argument is omitted, it will be prompted on the tty.
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73              Load zone information from  the  specified  file,  which  is  in
74              tinydns-data  format.   When importing from a tinydns data file,
75              zone may be omitted from the command line,  in  which  case  all
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LINE SYNTAX

96       When  started  with the -o (--output) option, mydnsimport outputs lines
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AUTHOR

112       Don Moore <bboy@bboy.net>  Howard Wilkinson <howard@cohtech.com>
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HOMEPAGE

117       http://mydns.bboy.net
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