ldns-notify(1)              General Commands Manual             ldns-notify(1)



NAME
       ldns-notify - notify DNS servers that updates are available

SYNOPSIS
       ldns-notify [options] -z zone servers


DESCRIPTION
       ldns-notify sends a NOTIFY message to DNS servers. This tells them that
       an updated zone is available at the master servers. It can perform TSIG
       signatures  and it can add a SOA serial number of the updated zone.  If
       a server already has that serial number it will disregard the message.


OPTIONS
       -z zone
              The zone that is updated.


       -h     Show usage and exit


       -v     Show the version and exit


       -s serial
              Append a SOA record indicating the serial number of the  updated
              zone.


       -p port
              Use  port  as destination port (default the DNS port 53) for the
              UDP packets.


       -y key:data
              Use the given TSIG key and base64-data to sign the NOTIFY.  Uses
              the hmac-md5 algorithm.


       -d     Print  verbose debug information. The query that is sent and the
              query that is received.


       -r num Specify the maximum number of retries  before  notify  gives  up
              trying to send the UDP packet.


EXIT CODE
       The program exits with a 0 exit code if all servers replied an acknowl-
       edgement to the notify message, and a failure exit code otherwise.


AUTHOR
       Written by the ldns team as an example for ldns usage.


REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <ldns-team@nlnetlabs.nl>.


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2005 NLnet Labs. This is free software. There is NO  war-
       ranty;  not  even  for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR-
       POSE.



                                  9 Jan 2007                    ldns-notify(1)
