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authorRong-En Fan <rafan@FreeBSD.org>2007-08-11 10:00:51 +0000
committerRong-En Fan <rafan@FreeBSD.org>2007-08-11 10:00:51 +0000
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- The dnsutl package is a bunch of programs I wrote to make
- using DNS easier. These include:
+The dnsutl package is a collection tools to make administering DNS easier.
+These include programs for:
- dns-rev
- Take the forward DNS mapping and generate the
- reverse mapping.
+ * Generating the reverse DNS mapping by using the DNS forward mapping.
+ This is useful for producing a self-consistent DNS configuration.
+ * Generating the /etc/ethers file by using a bogus record type.
+ * Generating the /etc/hosts file by using the DNS forward mapping.
+ * Generating the /etc/bootptab file by using the MAC and IP information.
+ * Generating the /etc/netgroup file by using the DNS forward mapping.
+ * Generating the Sun /etc/bootparams file by using the MAC and IP information.
+ * Checking the new-style /etc/named.conf files for self-consistency.
+ * Checking the old-style /etc/named.boot files for self-consistency.
+ * Generating the DNS forward mapping by using the /etc/hosts file.
+ This could be a first step to configuring your DNS server.
+ * Generating the /etc/dhcp.conf file by using the MAC and IP information.
- dns-hosts
- Take the forward DNS mapping and generate the
- /etc/hosts file.
+All of these programs are both faster than shell scripts, and more
+robust when faced with all the peculiar semantics of DNS resource files.
+They even understand the $include directive.
- dns-ng
- Take the forward DNS mapping and generate the
- /etc/netgroup file.
-
- All of these programs are both faster than shell scripts,
- and more robust when faced with all the peculiar semantics
- of DNS resource files.
-
-WWW: http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/dnsutl/
+WWW: http://dnsutl.sourceforge.net/