named-xfer(1M)                                               named-xfer(1M)

NAME
     named-xfer - ancillary agent for inbound zone transfers

SYNOPSIS
     named-xfer -z zonetotransfer -f dbfile -s serialno [-d debuglevel]
                 [-l debuglogfile] [-t tracefile] [-p port#] [-S]
                 nameserver ...

DESCRIPTION
     named-xfer is an ancillary program executed by named(1M) to perform an
     inbound zone transfer. It is rarely executed directly, and only by
     system administrators who are trying to debug a zone transfer problem.
     See RFC's 1033, 1034, and 1035 for more information on the Internet
     name-domain system.

OPTIONS
     -z   Specifies the name of the zone to be transferred.

     -f   Specifies the name of the file into which the zone should be
          dumped when it is received from the primary server.

     -s   Specifies the serial number of our current copy of this zone. If
          the SOA resource record we get from the primary server does not
          have a serial number higher than this, the transfer will be
          aborted.

     -d   Print debugging information. A number after the "d" determines
          the level of messages printed.

     -l   Specifies a log file for debugging messages in /var/tmp. Note
          that this only applies if -d is also specified.

     -t   Specifies a trace file which will contain a protocol trace of the
          zone transfer. This is probably only of interest to people debug-
          ging the name server itself.

     -p   Use a different port number. The default is the standard port
          number as returned by getservbyname(3N) for service "domain".

     -S   Perform a restricted transfer of only the SOA, NS records and
          glue A records for the zone. The SOA record will not be loaded by
          named but will be used to determine when to verify the NS
          records.

     Additional arguments are taken as name server addresses in so-called
     "dotted-quad" syntax only; no host name are allowed here. At least one
     address must be specified. Any additional addresses will be tried in
     order if the first one fails to transfer to us successfully.







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SEE ALSO
     hostname(1), named(1M), resolver(3N), resolv.conf(4).

     RFC 882, RFC 883, RFC 973, RFC 974, RFC 1033, RFC 1034, RFC 1035, RFC
     1123.

















































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