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pickdns conf.8

Manvendra Bhangui edited this page Feb 25, 2024 · 2 revisions

NAME

pickdns-conf - sets up a load-balancing DNS publication service.

SYNOPSIS

pickdns-conf acct logacct D ip

DESCRIPTION

pickdns-conf creates a service directory D that runs pickdns(8).The name D must start with a slash and must not contain any special characters.Normally D is /etc/indimail/pickdns.

You can run the service under svscan(8) by creating a symbolic link in the svscan(8) /sevice directory:

ln -s D /service

The service will start within five seconds,and will be restarted upon reboot.You can use svc(8)to control the service.

pickdns-conf arranges for pickdns(8)to chroot to D/root and to run under the uid and gid of acct.The name acct must not contain any special characters.

pickdns-conf creates D/root/Makefile to run pickdns-data(8) upon request.

pickdns-conf arranges for pickdns(8) to listen for UDP packets on port 53 of ip,and to send outgoing packets from ip.

pickdns-conf creates an automatically rotated log directory in D/log/main.The logs are owned by logacct.The corresponding multilog(8) processes run under the uid and gid of logacct.The name logacct must not contain any special characters.

pickdns-conf creates an automatically rotated log directory in D/log/main. The logs are owned by logacct. The corresponding multilog(8) processes run under the uid and gid of logacct. The name logacct must not contain any special characters.

SEE ALSO

pickdns(8), svscan(8), svc(8), multilog(8), axfrdns-conf(8), rbldns-conf(8), tinydns-conf(8), dqcache-conf(8) curvedns-conf(8), dnscache-conf(8), walldns-conf(8), http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html

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