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hosts_to_named(1M) hosts_to_named(1M)
NAME
hosts_to_named - translate host table to name server file format
SYNOPSIS
hosts_to_named -d
domain -n network-number [ options ]
DESCRIPTION
hosts_to_named
translates the host table, /etc/hosts , into files that are usable by the name server
named(1M). The format of these files is defined in RFC1035. The files are created in the current directory.
Once the host table is translated, the name server files can be maintained directly, or the translation can be
repeated after each change to the host table.
If a line in the host table contains no domain names, all names on the line are assumed to be in the default
domain. The first domain listed is the "default domain". If data is being created for more than 1 domain or
if certain options are used, there must be domain names in the host table to determine which names belong
in which domain.
The name server data is referred to as "resource records".
Options are:
-a network-number
Add the information about hosts in the local domain from network network-number.
This is the same as the -n option except that no pointer (PTR) data is created. This is
useful when there are multiple domains on a network and a different server is han-
dling the address-to-name mapping for network-number.
-b bootfile Name the boot file bootfile. The default is named.boot
(if named is 4.x) or
named.conf (if named is 8.x) in the current directory.
-c subdomain Create alias (CNAME) records for hosts in subdomain of the default domain. When a
subdomain is delegated, it is useful to create aliases for the old names in the default
domain that point to the new names in the subdomain. After creating the alias
(CNAME) records, ignore lines in the host table that contain names in the subdomain.
This option can be used more than once on the command line. This option requires
domain names in the host table. When the old names in this domain are no longer
used, they can be ignored with the
-e option. If the subdomain name does not have
dots, the default domain is appended to subdomain.
-d domain Create data for domain. This option can be used more than once on the command line
if data is being created for more than 1 domain. The first domain listed is the "default
domain". This option requires domain names in the host table for all hosts in domains
except the default domain.
-e subdomain Eliminate lines from the host table that contain names in the subdomain before
translating. If the subdomain name does not have dots, the default domain is
appended. This option may be used more than once on the command line. This option
requires domain names in the host table.
-f file Read command line options from file. The -f option is not allowed within a file.
-h host Declare host to be the host in the start of authority (SOA) record that the name server
data was created on. Also use host for the electronic mail address of the responsible
user in the SOA record. The default is the host this command is run on.
-m weight:mailhub
For each canonical hostname from the host table, create mail exchanger (MX) records
with the specified weight and mail hub. The weight is a positive integer. The mail
hub is a hostname. If the mail hub name has no dots, the default domain is appended.
This option can be used more than once on the command line.
-n network-number[:mask]
Create data for network-number. See below for description of network-number. If
only one domain is listed with
-d, all data for network-number is assumed to be in
domain. The optional subnet mask mask can be used instead of supplying each
network-number for a subnet using multiple
-n options. mask must be in dot nota-
tion.
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