DNSVI(1)

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version 1.5build1 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 DNSVI 💖

okay bestie, welcome to dnsvi(1) — the manual page for dnsvi, and honestly? she's iconic. editing dynamic DNS zones with your fave editor?? it's giving main character energy, fr fr. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

dnsvi — edit dynamic DNS zones using vi 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dnsvi [-igl] [-k keyfile] [-p port] [@nameserver] zone

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so picture this: dnsvi is a frontend for nsupdate. you hand her a DNS zone name, and she goes and uses dig -t AXFR to pull every single record in that zone. then she spawns your favorite editor (yes, yours, we'll get to that) and when you're done editing, she builds up a whole list of "update add" and "update delete" statements and feeds them to nsupdate. slay. no cap. 💅

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

  • -i, --noidnout — bestie listen up: if you're updating a punycode domain and you're running bind9 >= 9.14.0, you need to specify -i to be able to update the zone. otherwise you'll end up with a mix of punycode and non-punycode domains, and nsupdate will straight up refuse. she's dramatic like that 😭
  • -l — use localhost as the nameserver and pass -l (local) to nsupdate. cozy local vibes 🏠
  • -k keyfile — use keyfile for AXFR and nsupdate. 🔑
  • -g — use Kerberos credentials for nsupdate. see -g in nsupdate(1) for the deets, iykyk 🎫
  • -p port — use port for AXFR and nsupdate (default: 53). 🔌
  • @ nameserver — query nameserver for zone data and send updates there. 📡

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

  • EDITOR — the editor to use instead of sensible-editor. pick your fighter 🥊

💜 EXAMPLE 💜

 $ dnsvi -k dyn.df7cb.de.key @ns.df7cb.de dyn.df7cb.de
 [...vi...]
 nsupdate commands queued:
 server ns.df7cb.de
 zone dyn.df7cb.de
 update delete fermi.dyn.df7cb.de. IN A 127.0.0.1
 update add    lehmann.dyn.df7cb.de. 600 IN A 127.0.0.1
 update add    volta.dyn.df7cb.de. 2419200 IN SSHFP 3 1 DC66C1C5E9ED611FBDF0A9E1F701B1F8C38A6C1D
 send
 answer

 [S]end, [e]dit, send and edit [a]gain, [q]uit: [s]

look at her go. ate and left no crumbs 🍓

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

dig(1), nsupdate(1).

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> — thank you for your service, legend 🫡

and that's the whole page, bestie!! written up as DNSVI(1) — no version number, no date, just pure manual-page perfection, the way it was always meant to be. go forth and update your zones 💖✨🎀

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