xfernets syntax in Bind 4.x

Cricket Liu cricket at nxdomain.com
Tue Aug 14 02:42:53 UTC 2001


> does anyone know the exact syntax of the "xfernets" command in the
> /etc/named.boot for a bind 4.x server.

First, it's "xfrnets" (just one "e").  The syntax is:

xfrnets <addr>[&netmask] ...

e.g.,

xfrnets 10.0.0.0 192.168.0.1&255.255.255.255

Don't use whitespace around the "&."  If you omit the "&," the
name server will interpret the address as an entire class A, B
or C network.

cricket



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