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diff --git a/doc/notify-dns-slaves.1 b/doc/notify-dns-slaves.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4ee4d55 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/notify-dns-slaves.1 @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2008, Stef Walter +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" +.\" * Redistributions of source code must retain the above +.\" copyright notice, this list of conditions and the +.\" following disclaimer. +.\" * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the +.\" above copyright notice, this list of conditions and +.\" the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or +.\" other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" * The names of contributors to this software may not be +.\" used to endorse or promote products derived from this +.\" software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT +.\" LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS +.\" FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE +.\" COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, +.\" BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS +.\" OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED +.\" AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, +.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF +.\" THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH +.\" DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" +.\" CONTRIBUTORS +.\" Stef Walter <stef@memberwebs.com> +.\" +.Dd June, 2008 +.Dt notify-dns-slaves +.Os slapi-dnsnotify +.Sh NAME +.Nm notify-dns-slaves +.Nd is a tool which can notify DNS slaves to update their copy of +a DNS zone. +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Fl s +.Op Fl w Ar wait +.Op Fl d Ar level +.Nm +.Op Fl d Ar level +zone server ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +is used by the +.Xr slapi-dnsnotify 8 +LDAP plugin to send out notifications that DNS zones have been updated. +.Pp +It can also be used directly as a tool. The zone to send notifications about, +and servers to notify are specified on the command line. +.Pp +When used with the +.Fl s +option the tool goes into 'slave' mode. It remains running it expects specially +formatted requests on stdin. When in 'slave' mode, logging goes to syslog under +the +.Em daemon +facility. +.Sh OPTIONS +.Bl -tag -width Fl +.It Fl d Ar level +Specifies what level of messages to display. 0 has only errors +and warnings, with 4 being the most verbose. +.It Fl s +Work in 'slave' mode. Requests are expected on stdin. Used by the +.Xr slapi-dnsnotify 8 +plugin to send out notifications. +.It Fl w Ar wait +When in 'slave' mode, the number of seconds to wait before sending +out DNS notifications. This is usually controlled with the +.Em notify-delay +option to +.Xr slapi-dnsnotify 8 +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr slapi-dnsnotify 8 +.Sh AUTHOR +.An Stef Walter Aq stef@memberwebs.com |