.TH axfrdns-conf 8

.SH NAME
axfrdns-conf \- sets up a DNS zone-transfer service.

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B axfrdns-conf 
.I acct
.I logacct
.I D
.I tiny
.I ip

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B axfrdns-conf
creates a service directory 
.I D
that runs
.BR axfrdns (8)
under
.BR tcpserver (1).
The name 
.I D
must start with a slash
and must not contain any special characters.
Normally 
.I D
is 
.IR /etc/axfrdns .

You can run the service under
.BR svscan (8)
by using the
.BR update-service (8)
program on Debian GNU/Linux

update-service --add
.I D

or by creating a symbolic link in the 
.BR svscan (8)
directory (normally /service or /etc/service), e.g.:

ln -s 
.I D
/service

The service will start within five seconds,
and will be restarted upon reboot.
You can use
.BR svc (8)
to control the service.

.B axfrdns-conf
arranges for
.BR tcpserver (1)
to listen for TCP connections on port 53 of
.IR ip .
It sets up
.IR D /tcp
in
.BR tcprules (1)
format
to control access to
.BR axfrdns (8);
initially all access is denied.
It also sets up
.IR D /Makefile
to compile
.I tcp
into
.I tcp.cdb
for
.BR tcpserver (1).

.B axfrdns-conf
arranges for
.BR axfrdns (8)
to chroot to
.IR tiny /root
and to run under the uid and gid of
.IR acct .
The name
.I tiny
must start with a slash
and must not contain any special characters;
normally it is
.IR /etc/tinydns .
The name
.I acct
must not contain any special characters.

.B axfrdns-conf
creates an automatically rotated log directory in
.IR D /log/main.
The logs are owned by
.IR logacct .
The corresponding
.BR multilog (8)
processes run under the uid and gid of
.IR logacct .
The name
.I logacct
must not contain any special characters.

.SH SEE ALSO
axfrdns(8),
svscan(8),
svc(8),
multilog(8),
dnscache-conf(8),
rbldns-conf(8),
tinydns-conf(8),
walldns-conf(8),
update-service(8)

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