dns-hosts-import(1)

NAME
dns-hosts-import - generate DNS tables from /etc/hosts entries

SYNOPSIS
dns-hosts-import [ option... ] filename...
dns-hosts-import -Help
dns-hosts-import -VERSion

DESCRIPTION
The dns-hosts-import program is used to read your /etc/hosts file and generate a DNS forward map from it, as a first step to configuring DNS.

OPTIONS
The following options are understood:

-Help
    Provide some help with using the dns-hosts-import program.

-VERSion
    Print the version of the dns-hosts-import program being executed.

All other options will produce a diagnostic error.

All other options will produce a diagnostic error. Options may be abbreviated, the minimum abbreviation is shown in upper-case. Options are case insensitive. Options and file names may be mixed arbitrarily on the command line.

EXIT STATUS
The dns-hosts-import command will exit with a status of 1 on any error. The dns-hosts-import command will only exit with a status of 0 if there are no errors.

EXAMPLE
If you have an /etc/hosts file which looks like this:
    182.168.1.1	mercury
    182.168.1.2	venus
    182.168.1.3	earth
    182.168.1.4	mars
    182.168.1.5	jupiter
    182.168.1.6	saturn
    182.168.1.7	neptune
    182.168.1.8	uranus
    182.168.1.9	pluto lp
By using the following command
    % dns-hosts-import /etc/hosts hosts-tmp
    %
You will see an output file of the form
    $origin example.com.
    @		in	soa	example.com. hostmaster.example.com. (
    				3	; serial
    				10800	; refresh: 3 hours
    				1800	; retry: 30 minutes
    				604800	; expire: 1 week
    				86400 )	; minimum: 1 day
    mercury		in	a	182.168.1.1
    venus		in	a	182.168.1.2
    earth		in	a	182.168.1.3
    mars		in	a	182.168.1.4
    jupiter		in	a	182.168.1.5
    saturn		in	a	182.168.1.6
    neptune		in	a	182.168.1.7
    uranus		in	a	182.168.1.8
    pluto		in	a	182.168.1.9
    lp		in	cname	pluto
You are expected to manually edit this into the rest of the database. You especially need to put sensable values into the SOA record.

See dns-hosts(1) for how to retrieve your /etc/hosts file once you have imported it.

COPYRIGHT
dns-hosts-import version 1.6,
Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000 Peter Miller; All rights reserved.

The dns-hosts-import program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use the 'dns-hosts-import -VERSion Warranty' command. The dns-hosts-import program is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for details use the 'dns-hosts-import -VERSion Redistribution' command.

AUTHOR
Peter Miller | E-Mail: | millerp@canb.auug.org.au
/\/\* | Web: | http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/