rndc.conf
— rndc configuration file
rndc.conf
rndc.conf is the configuration file
for rndc, the BIND 9 name server control
utility. This file has a similar structure and syntax to
named.conf. Statements are enclosed
in braces and terminated with a semi-colon. Clauses in
the statements are also semi-colon terminated. The usual
comment styles are supported:
C style: /* */
C++ style: // to end of line
Unix style: # to end of line
rndc.conf is much simpler than
named.conf. The file uses three
statements: an options statement, a server statement
and a key statement.
The options statement contains five clauses.
The default-server clause is followed by the
name or address of a name server. This host will be used when
no name server is given as an argument to
rndc. The default-key
clause is followed by the name of a key which is identified by
a key statement. If no
keyid is provided on the rndc command line,
and no key clause is found in a matching
server statement, this default key will be
used to authenticate the server's commands and responses. The
default-port clause is followed by the port
to connect to on the remote name server. If no
port option is provided on the rndc command
line, and no port clause is found in a
matching server statement, this default port
will be used to connect.
The default-source-address and