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

diff --git a/scripts/named-conf.8 b/scripts/named-conf.8
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--- a/scripts/named-conf.8
+++ b/scripts/named-conf.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" Hey, Emacs!  This is an -*- nroff -*- source file.
-.TH CHIARK\-NAMED\-CONF 8 "30th December 2001" "Greenend" "chiark utilities"
+.TH CHIARK\-NAMED\-CONF 8 "12th January 2002" "Greenend" "chiark utilities"
 .SH NAME
 chiark\-named\-conf \- check and generate nameserver configuration
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ 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, and to generate a
-configuration for
+delegations are appropriate and working, that secondary zones are
+slaved from the right places, and to generate a configuration for
 .BR BIND ,
 from its own input file.
 
@@ -362,6 +362,12 @@ publishing glue for them, there is no chance of anything longer than a
 probably best to maintain this as the status quo, despite the
 performance problem this implies for BIND 8 caches.  This is what the
 serverless\-glueless directive is for.
+
+Dan Bernstein has some information and examples about this at
+.UR http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/notes.html#gluelessness
+http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/notes.html#gluelessness
+.UE
+but be warned that it is rather opinionated.
 .SH SECURITY
 chiark\-named\-conf is supposed to be resistant to malicious data in
 the DNS.  It is not resistant to malicious data in its own options,
@@ -420,4 +426,19 @@ This can lead to somewhat unhelpful error reporting for lookup
 failures.
 .SH AUTHOR
 .B chiark\-named\-conf
-and this manpage were written by Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>.
+and this manpage were written by Ian Jackson
+<ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>.  They are Copyright 2002 Ian Jackson.
+
+chiark\-named\-conf and this manpage are free software; you can
+redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
+Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.