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.TH "B10\-AUTH" "8" "July 29, 2010" "BIND10" "BIND10"
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.SH "NAME"
b10-auth \- Authoritative DNS server
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBb10\-auth\fR\ 'u
\fBb10\-auth\fR [\fB\-4\fR] [\fB\-6\fR] [\fB\-a\ \fR\fB\fIaddress\fR\fR] [\fB\-n\fR] [\fB\-p\ \fR\fB\fInumber\fR\fR] [\fB\-u\ \fR\fB\fIusername\fR\fR] [\fB\-v\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
\fBb10\-auth\fR
daemon provides the BIND 10 authoritative DNS server\&. Normally it is started by the
\fBbind10\fR(8)
boss process\&.
.PP
This daemon communicates with other BIND 10 components over a
\fBb10-msgq\fR(8)
C\-Channel connection\&. If this connection is not established,
\fBb10\-auth\fR
will exit\&.
.PP
It also receives its configurations from
\fBb10-cfgmgr\fR(8)\&. It will honor the
\fIdatabase_file\fR
configuration to point to the SQLite3 zone file\&.
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.PP
This prototype version uses SQLite3 as its data source backend\&. Future versions will be configurable, supporting multiple data storage types\&.
.sp .5v
.RE
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
The arguments are as follows:
.PP
\fB\-4\fR
.RS 4
Enables IPv4 only mode\&. This switch may not be used with
\fB\-6\fR
nor
\fB\-a\fR\&. By default, it listens on both IPv4 and IPv6 (if capable)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-6\fR
.RS 4
Enables IPv6 only mode\&. This switch may not be used with
\fB\-4\fR
nor
\fB\-a\fR\&. By default, it listens on both IPv4 and IPv6 (if capable)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-a \fR\fB\fIaddress\fR\fR
.RS 4
The IPv4 or IPv6 address to listen on\&. This switch may not be used with
\fB\-4\fR
nor
\fB\-6\fR\&. The default is to listen on all addresses\&. (This is a short term workaround\&. This argument may change\&.)
.RE
.PP
\fB\-n\fR
.RS 4
Do not cache answers in memory\&. The default is to use the cache for faster responses\&. The cache keeps the most recent 30,000 answers (positive and negative) in memory for 30 seconds (instead of querying the data source, such as SQLite3 database, each time)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-p \fR\fB\fInumber\fR\fR
.RS 4
The port number it listens on\&. The default is 5300\&.
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The Y1 prototype runs on all interfaces and on this nonstandard port\&.
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.RE
.RE
.PP
\fB\-u \fR\fB\fIusername\fR\fR
.RS 4
The user name of the
\fBb10\-auth\fR
daemon\&. If specified, the daemon changes the process owner to the specified user\&. The
\fIusername\fR
must be either a valid numeric user ID or a valid user name\&. By default the daemon runs as the user who invokes it\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-v\fR
.RS 4
Enabled verbose mode\&. This enables diagnostic messages to STDERR\&.
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP

/usr/local/var/db/zone\&.sqlite3
\(em Location for the SQLite3 zone database when
\fIdatabase_file\fR
configuration is not defined\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP

\fBb10-cfgmgr\fR(8),
\fBb10-cmdctl\fR(8),
\fBb10-loadzone\fR(8),
\fBb10-msgq\fR(8),
\fBbind10\fR(8),
BIND 10 Guide\&.
.SH "HISTORY"
.PP
The
\fBb10\-auth\fR
daemon was first coded in October 2009\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright \(co 2010 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
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