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diff --git a/external/unbound/doc/unbound.8.in b/external/unbound/doc/unbound.8.in new file mode 100644 index 000000000..36014430d --- /dev/null +++ b/external/unbound/doc/unbound.8.in @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +.TH "unbound" "8" "@date@" "NLnet Labs" "unbound @version@" +.\" +.\" unbound.8 -- unbound manual +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2007, NLnet Labs. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" See LICENSE for the license. +.\" +.\" +.SH "NAME" +.B unbound +\- Unbound DNS validating resolver @version@. +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.B unbound +.RB [ \-h ] +.RB [ \-d ] +.RB [ \-v ] +.RB [ \-c +.IR cfgfile ] +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.B Unbound +is a caching DNS resolver. +.P +It uses a built in list of authoritative nameservers for the root zone (.), +the so called root hints. +On receiving a DNS query it will ask the root nameservers for +an answer and will in almost all cases receive a delegation to a top level +domain (TLD) authoritative nameserver. +It will then ask that nameserver for an answer. +It will recursively continue until an answer is found or no answer is +available (NXDOMAIN). +For performance and efficiency reasons that answer is cached for a +certain time (the answer's time\-to\-live or TTL). +A second query for the same name will then be answered from the cache. +Unbound can also do DNSSEC validation. +.P +To use a locally running +.B Unbound +for resolving put +.sp +.RS 6n +nameserver 127.0.0.1 +.RE +.sp +into +.IR resolv.conf (5). +.P +If authoritative DNS is needed as well using +.IR nsd (8), +careful setup is required because authoritative nameservers and +resolvers are using the same port number (53). +.P +The available options are: +.TP +.B \-h +Show the version and commandline option help. +.TP +.B \-c\fI cfgfile +Set the config file with settings for unbound to read instead of reading the +file at the default location, @ub_conf_file@. The syntax is +described in \fIunbound.conf\fR(5). +.TP +.B \-d +Debug flag: do not fork into the background, but stay attached to +the console. This flag will also delay writing to the log file until +the thread\-spawn time, so that most config and setup errors appear on +stderr. If given twice or more, logging does not switch to the log file +or to syslog, but the log messages are printed to stderr all the time. +.TP +.B \-v +Increase verbosity. If given multiple times, more information is logged. +This is in addition to the verbosity (if any) from the config file. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +\fIunbound.conf\fR(5), +\fIunbound\-checkconf\fR(8), +\fInsd\fR(8). +.SH "AUTHORS" +.B Unbound +developers are mentioned in the CREDITS file in the distribution. |