nsupdate in a multi-view environment

[Kevin Darcy]

"Thomas H. Jones II" wrote:

> Kevin Darcy wrote:
>
> > Thomas H Jones II wrote:
> > > Is there any way that I can force nsupdate to use the loopback interface
> > > for the exterior updates and the internal interface for the interior
> > > updates?
> >
> > Sure, the BIND 9 version of nsupdate supports a "server" command which
> > directs the Dynamic Update to a particular address. E.g.
> >
> > server 127.0.0.1
> > update add foo.example.com. 86400 a 1.2.3.4
> > send
>
> Cool! That did the trick. Now have .jnl's for both files associated
> with the two views of the zone data.
>
> Just out of curiosity, where is that documented. I -thought- that I
> had read the man page for nsupdate and the FAQ's, but did not see that
> info?

Which version of the man page do you have? The BIND 9.2.2rc1 man page has this
section:


>      The command formats and their meaning are as follows:
>
>      server servername [ port ]
>           Sends all dynamic update requests to  the  name  server
>           servername.   When  no  server  statement  is provided,
>           nsupdate will send updates to the master server of  the
>           correct  zone.   The  MNAME  field  of  that zone's SOA
>           record will identify the master server for  that  zone.
>           port is the port number on servername where the dynamic
>           update requests get sent.  If no port number is  speci-
>           fied, the default DNS port number of 53 is used.
>
>


- Kevin