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, be‐
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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  al‐
46              ready  exists, its SOA record will be updated (from the external
47              source), all resource records for that zone are  purged,  and  a
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52              Normally  the zone origin is removed from labels when importing,
53              in order to  save  space  in  the  database.   In  other  words,
54              host.example.com.  becomes just host.  Using the --notrim option
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67              Supply password when connecting to the database server.  If  the
68              password argument is omitted, it will be prompted on the tty.
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72              Load  zone  information  from  the  specified  file, which is in
73              tinydns-data format.  When importing from a tinydns  data  file,
74              zone  may  be  omitted  from the command line, in which case all
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LINE SYNTAX

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

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

116       http://mydns.bboy.net
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