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BIND2CSV2(1)							 MaraDNS reference						      BIND2CSV2(1)

NAME

       bind2csv2 - convert zone files from BIND to MaraDNS compatible format

DESCRPTION

       MaraDNS 1.3 has BIND zone file support. This means it is possible to use BIND zone files in MaraDNS. This makes it easier for people to use
       MaraDNS in mixed DNS server environments.

       Instead of having direct BIND zone file support, MaraDNS has a script, called bind2csv2, that converts BIND zone files in to the "csv2"
       zone file format that MaraDNS 1.2 and 1.3 use. The zone files generated by bind2csv2 are not MaraDNS 1.2 compatible; MaraDNS 1.3 is needed
       to read zone files generated by bind2csv2.

       bind2csv2 is a Python script, written in version 2.2.3 of the Python interpreter. The script should be compatible with more recent versions
       of Python. The script assumes Python is the file /usr/bin/python on your system; if Python is located elsewhere on your system, please
       change the first line of bind2csv2. Naturally, you will need the Python interpreter installed on your system to use bind2csv2.  This is a
       well-known open source language supported by most modern Linux and BSD distributions.

USAGE

       To use the script, enter a directory containing BIND zone files, and invoke the script thusly:

       bind2csv2 -c zone1 zone2 zone3

       Substitute "zone1", "zone2", and "zone3" with a list of one or more BIND zone files you wish be converted in to MaraDNS 1.3 csv2 zone
       files.

       Once the script is run, you should have files with names like "zone1.csv2", "zone2.csv2", and "zone3.csv2". These files are csv2 zone files
       that MaraDNS will be able to parse. Copy these csv2 zone files to a place where MaraDNS can find the zone files.

       Should there already be a "zone1.csv2" file when bind2csv2 is run, the "zone1.csv2" file will be replaced.

OPTIONS

       None. Bind2csv2 can only be used as above.

BUGS

       bind2csv2 is not a perfect zone file converter. In particular, bind2csv2 does not act like BIND when NS records have different TTLs. Please
       make sure all NS records in your BIND zone files have the same TTL.

       In addition, bind2csv2 also does not support all resource record types that BIND supports. Only the following RRs are supported by
       bind2csv2: A AAAA AFSDB CNAME GPOS HINFO ISDN LOC MB MD MF MG MINFO MR MX NS NSAP PTR PX RP RT SOA SPF SRV TXT WKS X25

MARADNS 
							  September 2007						      BIND2CSV2(1)

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GETZONE(1)							      getzone								GETZONE(1)

NAME

       getzone - get dns zone from server

DESCRIPTION

       getzone transfers a user-specified dns zone from a zone server and displays it in csv1 format on the standard output. This program is here
       for compatibility with older setups that use getzone to get zone files; newer setups may wish to consider using the fetchzone tool to
       obtain csv2-compatible zone files.

USAGE

       getzone zone_name zone_server_IP [query_class]

OPTIONS

       zone_name
	   Name of the dns zone to be transferred.

       zone_server_IP
	   IP address of dns server

       query_class
	   Optional argument which can change the query class from 1 (the default) to 255. This may be needed for some versions of Bind.

EXAMPLES

       To obtain the zone example.com from the server 192.168.9.8:

	   getzone example.com 192.168.9.8

       To obtain the zone example.org from the server 10.9.8.78 using a query class of 255:

	   getzone example.com 10.9.8.78 255

SEE ALSO

       The man pages maradns(8) and csv1(5)

       http://www.maradns.org

LEGAL DISCLAIMER

       THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
       WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
       FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
       SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
       WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN
       IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

AUTHOR

       MaraDNS is written by Sam Trenholme. Jaakko Niemi used 5 minutes to put this manpage together. Sam has subsequently made revisions to this
       manpage.

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