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radns(8) radns(8)

radns - Resolving DNS Server Client for IPv6.

radns [ -v [ -v ] [ -v ] ] [ -f path to resolv file ] [ -l maximum number of domain suffixes in search list ] [ -m maximum number of resolver addresses ] [ -u user ] [ -s path to script ] [ -p path to pidfile ]

radns listens for IPv6 Router Advertisements with the Recursive DNS Server (RDNSS) option and stores the address(es) in a file in the same syntax as resolv.conf(5). It optionally starts a script when it receives a Router Advertisement.

-V
prints version information and quits the program.
-v
turns on verbose mode and gives more debug output. Also stops the process from becoming a daemon. Repeated -v increases verbosity.
-f path to resolv file
specifies the filename to write the IPv6 addresses to. Default is "./resolv.conf".

Note that the radns user needs write access to the directory since it will create a temporary working file and rename it to whatever you specify as the resolv file. Typically you use something like /etc/radns/ra-resolv.conf as the resolv file with /etc/radns being writable by the radns user.

If radns is run on an IPv6-only machine, with no dual-stack, you may want to make /etc/resolv.conf a symbolic link to /etc/radns/ra-resolv.conf.

-l maximum number of domain suffixes in search list specifies
the number of domain suffixes to store after the search keyword in the resolv.conf file. 0 is a special case meaning an unlimited number. The default is 6.
-m maximum number of resolver addresses
specifies the number of resolver addresses to store in the resolv.conf file. 0 is a special case meaning an unlimited number. The default is 3.
-u username
specifies the user to drop privileges to. Default is radns.
-s path to script
specifies a program to run after receiving new addresses to DNS resolvers. Default is not to run a script.
-p path to pidfile
specifies a path to a file to write the process ID into for process management purposes. Default is "/var/run/radns.pid".

Michael Cardell Widerkrantz <mc@hack.org>.

rtadvd(8), radvd(8)

May 26, 2011

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