Compile fixes.

[chiark-utils.git] / scripts / named-conf.8

diff --git a/scripts/named-conf.8 b/scripts/named-conf.8
index d7887085775bd7f63a04bdc4b8c7e5ef5575404a..2316c9de9fe479189344ebe621902d343cea1d3b 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/named-conf.8
+++ b/scripts/named-conf.8
@@ -134,6 +134,20 @@ option is specified.
 Specifies the list of addresses that are forbidden as any nameserver
 for any zone.  The default is no such addresses.
 .TP
+\fBserverless\-glueless\fP \fIdomain ...\fP
+Specifies a list of domains under which we do not expect to find any
+nameservers; for these zones it is OK to find glueless referrals.
+Each domain listed names a complete subtree of the DNS, starting at
+the named point.  The default is
+.BR "in\-addr.arpa ip6.arpa ip6.int" .
+
+To avoid indefinitely long or even circularly glueless referrals
+(which delay or prevent lookups) it is necessary for all sites to
+effectively implement similar conventions; currently the author
+believes that only the reverse lookup namespaces are conventionally
+devoid of nameservers, and therefore fine to provide glueless
+referrals for.
+.TP
 \fBoutput\fP \fIformat\fP \fIfilename\fP [\fIformat\fP \fIfilename ...\fP]
 Arranges that each
 .I filename