rndc-confgen8

This option sets automatic rndc <#std-iscman-rndc> configuration, which creates a file /etc/rndc.key that is read by both rndc <#std-iscman-rndc> and named <#std-iscman-named> on startup. The rndc.key file defines a default command channel and authentication key allowing rndc <#std-iscman-rndc> to communicate with named <#std-iscman-named> on the local host with no further configuration.

If a more elaborate configuration than that generated by rndc-confgen -a is required, for example if rndc is to be used remotely, run rndc-confgen without the -a option and set up rndc.conf <#std-iscman-rndc.conf> and named.conf <#std-iscman-named.conf> as directed.

This option specifies the algorithm to use for the TSIG key. Available choices are: hmac-md5, hmac-sha1, hmac-sha224, hmac-sha256, hmac-sha384, and hmac-sha512. The default is hmac-sha256.

This option specifies the size of the authentication key in bits. The size must be between 1 and 512 bits; the default is the hash size.

This option is used with the -a option to specify an alternate location for rndc.key.

This option prints a short summary of the options and arguments to rndc-confgen.

This option specifies the key name of the rndc <#std-iscman-rndc> authentication key. This must be a valid domain name and will be sanitized using the domain name semantics. The default is rndc-key.

This option specifies the command channel port where named <#std-iscman-named> listens for connections from rndc <#std-iscman-rndc>. The default is 953.

This option prevets printing the written path in automatic configuration mode.

This option specifies the IP address where named <#std-iscman-named> listens for command-channel connections from rndc <#std-iscman-rndc>. The default is the loopback address 127.0.0.1.

This option is used with the -a option to specify a directory where named <#std-iscman-named> runs chrooted. An additional copy of the rndc.key is written relative to this directory, so that it is found by the chrooted named <#std-iscman-named>.

This option is used with the -a option to set the owner of the generated rndc.key file. If -t is also specified, only the file in the chroot area has its owner changed.