ldns-update(1)

ldns-update1

Send a dynamic update packet

Usage

ldns-update name [zone] [ip] [tsig_name tsig_alg tsig_hmac]

Overview

ldns-update is used to send a dynamic update packet.

Options

name

The domainname to associate with the given ip address.

zone

When given uses this zone instead of trying to find and process domain's SOA record.

ip

Send the update to this IP address. Or, when the literal text none is given, remove any previous addresses.

tsig_name tsig_alg tsig_hmac

Use TSIG (rfc2845) to authenticate.

Examples

ldns-update my.example.org 1.2.3.4

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 5.0–8
  2. 9–12
  3. 13–Arch

Author

Written by Jakob Schlyter and Håkan Olsson, as an addition to the ldns library from NLnet Labs.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

From ldns 1.9.2-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.