D. J. Bernstein
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djbdns

The tinydns-conf program

tinydns-conf sets up a DNS publication service.

This is a reference page. For tutorial information, see the instructions for running a DNS server.

Interface

     tinydns-conf acct logacct D ip

tinydns-conf creates a service directory D that runs tinydns. The name D must start with a slash and must not contain any special characters. Normally D is /etc/tinydns.

You can run the service under svscan by creating a symbolic link in the svscan directory:

     ln -s D /service
The service will start within five seconds, and will be restarted upon reboot. You can use svc to control the service.

tinydns-conf arranges for tinydns to chroot to D/root and to run under the uid and gid of acct. The name acct must not contain any special characters.

tinydns-conf creates D/root/Makefile to run tinydns-data upon request.

tinydns-conf arranges for tinydns to listen for UDP packets on port 53 of ip, and to send outgoing packets from ip.

tinydns-conf creates an automatically rotated log directory in D/log/main. The logs are owned by logacct. The corresponding multilog processes run under the uid and gid of logacct. The name logacct must not contain any special characters.