Core coding done.

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

diff --git a/scripts/named-conf.8 b/scripts/named-conf.8
index 0ba18b946f05797db64b0f3bf3eb6a4b1deb76d1..457d1521f79dd842a484033edbd7b9298d410bc7 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/named-conf.8
+++ b/scripts/named-conf.8
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ chiark\-named\-conf \- check and generate nameserver configuration
 .B chiark\-named\-conf
 is a tool for managing nameserver configurations and checking for
 suspected DNS problems.  Its main functions are to check that
-delegations are appropriate and working, optionally from the root zone
-down, and to generate a configuration for
+delegations are appropriate and working, and to generate a
+configuration for
 .BR BIND ,
 from its own input file.
 
@@ -59,10 +59,9 @@ Do not print any information about zone(s) which do not have warnings.
 .BR \-v | \-\-verbose
 Print additional information about each zone.
 .TP
-.BR \-r | \-\-root
-Check the delegation all the way to the root zone.  By default,
-checks are only carried out on the delegations supplied by (all) the
-nameservers for the immediate superzone.
+.BR \-D
+Enables debugging.  Useful for debugging chiark\-named\-conf, but
+probably not useful for debugging your DNS configuration.
 .SH CONFIGURATION
 The file
 .B /etc/bind/chiark-conf-gen.zones
@@ -186,16 +185,14 @@ and agree with the local default nameserver.
 Delegated servers: Each server mentioned in the delegation should have
 the same SOA record (and obviously, should be authoritative).
 
-Origin server's data: The set of nameservers in the origin server's
-version of the zone should be a superset of those in the delegations.
-(The addresses of any additional servers will be acquired from the
-local default nameserver at this point.)
-
 All published nameservers - including delegated servers and servers
 named in the zone's nameserver set: All nameservers for the zone
-should supply the same list of nameservers for the zone as the origin
-server does, and none of this authority information should be
-glueless.  All the glue should always give the same addresses.
+should supply the same list of nameservers for the zone, and none of
+this authority information should be glueless.  All the glue should
+always give the same addresses.
+
+Origin server's data: The set of nameservers in the origin server's
+version of the zone should be a superset of those in the delegations.
 
 Our zone configuration: For
 .B primary