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Improve documentation; consistent case, corrected name of MS-DNS.
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dleonard committed Feb 6, 2010
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.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B dnsupdate
utility authenticates to an Active Directory DNS server
as a computer object, and updates its IP address.
utility authenticates to an Microsoft DNS server
as a computer object, and updates its IP address record.
.PP
The
.B dnsupdate
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.SS OPTIONS
.TP
.RI \-a\ auth-domain
specifies the authoritative domain of the hostname to use when updating.
Specifies the authoritative domain of the hostname to use when updating.
This is normally the "parent" domain of the hostname.
For example, the authoritative domain of host.example.com
is typically example.com.
The default is to determine the authoritative domain by performing
an SOA query.
.TP
.RI \-C\ client-spn
specifies the Kerberos service principal name of the local host
The Kerberos service principal name of the local host
used in secure updates.
The default is "host/".
.TP
.RI \-h\ hostname
specifies the fully qualified domain name of the entry to update.
The fully qualified domain name of the entry to update.
The default, when using secure updates, is to the hostname
of the computer object corresponding to the system host principal.
When using unsecure updates, the default hostname is obtained from the
operating system, and affixed if necessary by the resolver configuration.
operating system, and suffixed if necessary by the resolver configuration.
.TP
\-I
use the IETF's
Use the IETF's
.I gss-tsig
algorithm name when securely updating (see RFC 3654).
The default is to use
.I gss.microsoft.com
which is understood by Active Directory.
.TP
\-N
disable secure authentication.
Disable secure authentication.
This option is the same as specifying \-o\ UpdateSecurityLevel=16.
.TP
\-r
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See the section on Configuration Options, below.
.TP
.RI \-s\ nameserver
specifies a whitespace-separated list of nameserver
A whitespace-separated list of nameservers
to send the update requests to.
The default is to try the primary authoritative nameserver associated with the
authoritative domain,
and if that fails, to try all the nameservers that serve the
authoritative domain, in order.
.TP
.RI \-S\ server-spn
specifies the Kerberos service principal name of the nameserver
The Kerberos service principal name of the nameserver
to use in secure updates.
This typically only makes sense when the \-s option is used.
By default, the nameserver's service principal name is computed by
prefixing its fully qualified domain name with "dns/".
.TP
.RI \-t\ ttl
specifies the updated records cache lifetime, in seconds.
If not provided, defaults to
The updated records' cache lifetime, in seconds.
Defaults to
fifteen minutes.
Note that this value is
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.RI \-o\ RegistrationTtl= ttl .
.TP
\-v
increases the verbosity of messages written to standard error.
Increases the verbosity of messages written to standard error.
Provide this option multiple times to increase verbosity.
.TP
\-V
displays the version information of the program, then exits.
Displays the version information of the program, then exits.
.SS "CONFIGURATION OPTIONS"
The following options are read from the configuration file,
.IR /etc/opt/quest/dnsupdate.conf ,
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