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YADIFA is an utility for controlling YADIFAD

Synopsis

yadifa [–config|-c configfile] [-s host] [@host ] [-K key-name] [–version|-V] [-h] [–verbose|-v] [-t] command [[-q] zone]

Description

yadifa controls the operation of yadifad. yadifa communicates with a name server over a TCP connection. The protocol used between client – server is an extension of the DNS protocol. The authentication is done by a mutual key between client and server. This key has the same format as a TSIG. Authentication is not needed, but provides more secure communication if used. Several algorithms can be used for creating a TSIG:

*: HMAC-MD5
*: HMAC-SHA1

Options

[–config|-c configfile]: Another config file will be used.
[–server|-s host] | [ @host ]: Host is the remote server to operate. If used with a different port: e.g.: ./yadifa –server "192.0.2.1 port 5353"
[-k key-name]: Name of the key to be used for the controller.
[–verbose|-v]: verbose output.
[–version|-V]: Show version information.
[–help|-h]: Show a help text

Commands

[-t] freeze [-q] zone: disables updates to a zone.

[-t] unfreeze [-q] zone: enables updates to a zone.

[-t] reload [-q] zone: triggers the loading of the zone file(s) if the serial number is incremented.
[-t] cfgreload: reload the settings from the configuration file.

[-t] zonecfgreload: [-q zone]
reload the zone information in the configuration file and reload the zone file(s) with increased serial number. If a zone is specified only that zone section is reloaded.
[-t] sync [-q] zone [–clean]: write the zone to disk and optionally removes the journal. The extra [–clean] option will remove the journal.
[-t] querylog –enable|–disable: sets the log for queries on or off.
[-t] loglevel {–level|-l} level: sets the log level to the given value (0-15).
[-t] logreopen: close all log files and reopens them.
[-t] shutdown: shuts down the server.

Files

yadifa: The name server remote client.
SYSCONFDIR/yadifa.conf: The default yadifa configuration file.
$HOME/.yadifa.rc: default rcfile.

yadifa.rc.5: Configuration man page for yadifa.
yadifa.8: This man page.

Requirements

OpenSSL: yadifad requires OpenSSL version 0.9.8 or later.

Changes

Please check the ChangeLog file from the sources code.

Version

Version: 2.2.5 of 2017-04-20.

Mailinglist

There is a mailinglist for questions relating to any program in the yadifa package:

*: yadifa-users [at] mailinglists.yadifa.eu
for submitting questions/answers.

*: http://www.yadifa.eu/mailing-list-users
for subscription requests.

If you would like to stay informed about new versions and official patches send a subscription request to via:

*: http://www.yadifa.eu/mailing-list-announcements

(this is a read-only list).

License And Copyright

Authors

Gery Van Emelen
Email: Gery.VanEmelen [at] EURid.eu
Eric Diaz Fernandez
Email: Eric.DiazFernandez [at] EURid.eu

WWW: http://www.EURid.eu

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