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14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<p><span class="application">rndc</span> — name server control utility</p>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">rndc</code> [<code class="option">-b <em class="replaceable"><code>source-address</code></em></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">-q</code>] [<code class="option">-r</code>] [<code class="option">-V</code>] [<code class="option">-y <em class="replaceable"><code>key_id</code></em></code>] {command}</p></div>
f9ce6280cec79deb16ff6d9807aa493ff23e10d9Tinderbox User<p><span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span>
164ade1482251e1da962b42e5bf0d3aa02a11e03Tinderbox User controls the operation of a name
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User server. It supersedes the <span><strong class="command">ndc</strong></span> utility
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User that was provided in old BIND releases. If
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> is invoked with no command line
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt options or arguments, it prints a short summary of the
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User supported commands and the available options and their
0da02c26a6631c25f075a8e4ac6de9e58f49a0c2Tinderbox User<p><span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span>
0da02c26a6631c25f075a8e4ac6de9e58f49a0c2Tinderbox User communicates with the name server over a TCP connection, sending
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt commands authenticated with digital signatures. In the current
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> and <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>,
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User the only supported authentication algorithms are HMAC-MD5
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt (for compatibility), HMAC-SHA1, HMAC-SHA224, HMAC-SHA256
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt (default), HMAC-SHA384 and HMAC-SHA512.
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User They use a shared secret on each end of the connection.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt This provides TSIG-style authentication for the command
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User request and the name server's response. All commands sent
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt over the channel must be signed by a key_id known to the
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<p><span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span>
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User reads a configuration file to
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User determine how to contact the name server and decide what
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User algorithm and key it should use.
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-b <em class="replaceable"><code>source-address</code></em></span></dt>
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User Use <em class="replaceable"><code>source-address</code></em>
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User as the source address for the connection to the server.
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User Multiple instances are permitted to allow setting of both
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User the IPv4 and IPv6 source addresses.
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em></span></dt>
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User Use <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em>
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User as the configuration file instead of the default,
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User <code class="filename">/etc/rndc.conf</code>.
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-k <em class="replaceable"><code>key-file</code></em></span></dt>
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User Use <em class="replaceable"><code>key-file</code></em>
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User as the key file instead of the default,
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User <code class="filename">/etc/rndc.key</code>. The key in
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User <code class="filename">/etc/rndc.key</code> will be used to
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User commands sent to the server if the <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em>
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User does not exist.
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-s <em class="replaceable"><code>server</code></em></span></dt>
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User<dd><p><em class="replaceable"><code>server</code></em> is
33c9436ef1a43d3c0fc3d9be9b4b0509daa83223Tinderbox User the name or address of the server which matches a
a1ff871f78b7d907d6fc3a382beea2a640fe8423Tinderbox User server statement in the configuration file for
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span>. If no server is supplied on the
0da02c26a6631c25f075a8e4ac6de9e58f49a0c2Tinderbox User command line, the host named by the default-server clause
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User in the options statement of the <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span>
0da02c26a6631c25f075a8e4ac6de9e58f49a0c2Tinderbox User configuration file will be used.
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></span></dt>
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User Send commands to TCP port
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em>
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User of BIND 9's default control channel port, 953.
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User Quiet mode: Message text returned by the server
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User will not be printed except when there is an error.
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User Instructs <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> to print the result code
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User returned by <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> after executing the
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User requested command (e.g., ISC_R_SUCCESS, ISC_R_FAILURE, etc).
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User Enable verbose logging.
a1ff871f78b7d907d6fc3a382beea2a640fe8423Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-y <em class="replaceable"><code>key_id</code></em></span></dt>
164ade1482251e1da962b42e5bf0d3aa02a11e03Tinderbox User Use the key <em class="replaceable"><code>key_id</code></em>
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User from the configuration file.
164ade1482251e1da962b42e5bf0d3aa02a11e03Tinderbox User <em class="replaceable"><code>key_id</code></em>
164ade1482251e1da962b42e5bf0d3aa02a11e03Tinderbox User known by <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> with the same algorithm and secret string
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User in order for control message validation to succeed.
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User If no <em class="replaceable"><code>key_id</code></em>
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User is specified, <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> will first look
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt for a key clause in the server statement of the server
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt being used, or if no server statement is present for that
0da02c26a6631c25f075a8e4ac6de9e58f49a0c2Tinderbox User host, then the default-key clause of the options statement.
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User Note that the configuration file contains shared secrets
164ade1482251e1da962b42e5bf0d3aa02a11e03Tinderbox User which are used to send authenticated control commands
164ade1482251e1da962b42e5bf0d3aa02a11e03Tinderbox User to name servers. It should therefore not have general read
164ade1482251e1da962b42e5bf0d3aa02a11e03Tinderbox User or write access.
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User A list of commands supported by <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> can
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User be seen by running <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> without arguments.
99b30e26a6beb9092557cc9e5370b517309bff6eTinderbox User Currently supported commands are:
3b15473cedf41d48904f5b07bdc5e87afff6b58cTinderbox User<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>addzone <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>] <em class="replaceable"><code>configuration</code></em> </code></strong></span></dt>
3b15473cedf41d48904f5b07bdc5e87afff6b58cTinderbox User Add a zone while the server is running. This
3b15473cedf41d48904f5b07bdc5e87afff6b58cTinderbox User command requires the
3b15473cedf41d48904f5b07bdc5e87afff6b58cTinderbox User <span><strong class="command">allow-new-zones</strong></span> option to be set
ffe29868b4bbc64953fc5d0de51f988c20158967Tinderbox User to <strong class="userinput"><code>yes</code></strong>. The
99b30e26a6beb9092557cc9e5370b517309bff6eTinderbox User <em class="replaceable"><code>configuration</code></em> string
99b30e26a6beb9092557cc9e5370b517309bff6eTinderbox User specified on the command line is the zone
99b30e26a6beb9092557cc9e5370b517309bff6eTinderbox User configuration text that would ordinarily be
99b30e26a6beb9092557cc9e5370b517309bff6eTinderbox User placed in <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
99b30e26a6beb9092557cc9e5370b517309bff6eTinderbox User The configuration is saved in a file called
99b30e26a6beb9092557cc9e5370b517309bff6eTinderbox User <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>.nzf</code>,
99b30e26a6beb9092557cc9e5370b517309bff6eTinderbox User where <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> is the
ffe29868b4bbc64953fc5d0de51f988c20158967Tinderbox User name of the view, or if it contains characters
ffe29868b4bbc64953fc5d0de51f988c20158967Tinderbox User that are incompatible with use as a file name, a
ffe29868b4bbc64953fc5d0de51f988c20158967Tinderbox User cryptographic hash generated from the name
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt When <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> is
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User restarted, the file will be loaded into the view
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt configuration, so that zones that were added
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt can persist after a restart.
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User This sample <span><strong class="command">addzone</strong></span> command
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User would add the zone <code class="literal">example.com</code>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt to the default view:
7911e6f9de303bca5a3d8b34f4330c8f7cecffaeTinderbox User<code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>rndc addzone example.com '{ type master; file "example.com.db"; };'</code></strong>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt (Note the brackets and semi-colon around the zone
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User configuration text.)
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt See also <span><strong class="command">rndc delzone</strong></span> and <span><strong class="command">rndc modzone</strong></span>.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>delzone [<span class="optional">-clean</span>] <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>] </code></strong></span></dt>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein Delete a zone while the server is running.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews If the <code class="option">-clean</code> argument is specified,
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews the zone's master file (and journal file, if any)
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein will be deleted along with the zone. Without the
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <code class="option">-clean</code> option, zone files must
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein be cleaned up by hand. (If the zone is of
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein type "slave" or "stub", the files needing to
cd32f419a8a5432fbb139f56ee73cbf68b9350ccTinderbox User be cleaned up will be reported in the output
cd32f419a8a5432fbb139f56ee73cbf68b9350ccTinderbox User of the <span><strong class="command">rndc delzone</strong></span> command.)
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein If the zone was originally added via
164ade1482251e1da962b42e5bf0d3aa02a11e03Tinderbox User <span><strong class="command">rndc addzone</strong></span>, then it will be
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein removed permanently. However, if it was originally
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein configured in <code class="filename">named.conf</code>, then
See also <span><strong class="command">rndc addzone</strong></span> and <span><strong class="command">rndc modzone</strong></span>.
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>dumpdb [<span class="optional">-all|-cache|-zone|-adb|-bad|-fail</span>] [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view ...</code></em></span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>flushname</code></strong> <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>] </span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>flushtree</code></strong> <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>] </span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>freeze [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>halt [<span class="optional">-p</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
If <code class="option">-p</code> is specified <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>'s process id is returned.
This allows an external process to determine when <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>loadkeys <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>managed-keys <em class="replaceable"><code>(status | refresh | sync)</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>modzone <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>] <em class="replaceable"><code>configuration</code></em> </code></strong></span></dt>
See also <span><strong class="command">rndc addzone</strong></span> and <span><strong class="command">rndc delzone</strong></span>.
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>notify <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
[<span class="optional">( -d | -f | -r | -l <em class="replaceable"><code>duration</code></em>)</span>]
All of these options can be shortened, i.e., to
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>querylog</code></strong> [<span class="optional">on|off</span>] </span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>refresh <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>reload <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>retransfer <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>secroots [<span class="optional">-</span>] [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view ...</code></em></span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>showzone <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>] </code></strong></span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>sign <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>signing [<span class="optional">( -list | -clear <em class="replaceable"><code>keyid/algorithm</code></em> | -clear <code class="literal">all</code> | -nsec3param ( <em class="replaceable"><code>parameters</code></em> | <code class="literal">none</code> ) | -serial <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em> ) </span>] <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>] </code></strong></span></dt>
<span><strong class="command">rndc signing -nsec3param 1 0 10 FFFF <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em></strong></span>.
<span><strong class="command">rndc signing -nsec3param 1 1 15 - <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em></strong></span>.
Note that the number of zones includes the internal <span><strong class="command">bind/CH</strong></span> zone
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>stop [<span class="optional">-p</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
If <code class="option">-p</code> is specified <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>'s process id is returned.
This allows an external process to determine when <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>sync [<span class="optional">-clean</span>] [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>thaw [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>trace <em class="replaceable"><code>level</code></em></code></strong></span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>tsig-delete</code></strong> <em class="replaceable"><code>keyname</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span></dt>
<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>validation ( on | off | check ) [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view ...</code></em></span>] </code></strong></span></dt>