`named-xfer`

ancillary agent for inbound zone transfers

Syntax:

named-xfer -z zone_to_transfer -f db_file -s serial_no
           [-d debuglevel] [-l debug_log_file] [-p port_number] 
           [-S] [-t trace_file] nameserver...

Options:

-d debuglevel: Print debugging information. The debuglevel is a number determined by the level of messages printed.
-f db_file: Specify the name of the db_file into which the zone should be dumped when it's received from the primary server.
-l debug_log_file: Specify a log file for debugging messages. The default is system-dependent but is usually in /var/tmp or /usr/tmp. This option only applies if the -d option is specified.
-p port_number: Use a different port_number. The default is the standard port number returned by getservbyname().
-S: Perform a restricted transfer of only the SOA, NS records and glue A records for the zone. The SOA record won't be loaded by named but will be used to determine when to verify the NS records.
-s serial_no: Specify the serial number of our current copy of this zone. If the SOA RR from the primary server doesn't have a serial number higher than this, the transfer is aborted.
-t trace_file: Specify a trace_file that contains a protocol trace of the zone transfer. This is probably only of interest to people debugging the name server itself.
-z zone_to_transfer: Specify the name of the zone to be transferred.
nameserver: Specify the name server.
Additional arguments are taken as name server addresses in so-called ``dotted-quad'' syntax only; no hostnames are allowed here. At least one address must be specified. Any additional addresses will be tried, in order, if the first one fails to transfer to us successfully.

The named-xfer program is executed by named to perform an inbound zone transfer. It's rarely executed directly, and then only by system administrators who are trying to debug a zone transfer problem. See RFC's 1033, 1034, and 1035 for more information on the Internet name domain system.

`named-xfer`

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