Distributed Name Service (DNS) Management Operations Manual

ALTER DNS
The DNSCOM Commands
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ALTER DNS A DNS configuration is changed using the following syntax:
ALTER DNS [ AT { \ system | config file } ] , parameter
[ , parameter ] ...
\ system
is the name of the system. The name of the configuration file to be altered is
derived by applying this system to the name of the current configuration file.
config file
is the name of a DNS configuration file previously created using the INITIALIZE
DNS command. If specified, this file name is expanded using the current
CMDSYS and CMDVOL settings and determines the DNS configuration to be
altered.
If AT is not included in the command, the configuration file used in the command
is the current configuration file.
parameter
is one of the following:
ALLOWEXPORTS { ON | OFF }
If ON is specified, the name exporter is started when the configuration is
started. If OFF is specified, the name exporter is not started and no name
export occurs.
ALLOWIMPORTS { ON | OFF }
If ON is specified, the name manager accepts imports from remote name
exporters; if OFF is specified, the name manager rejects import requests and
no name importing occurs.
DNSOWNER { group number , user-number }
{ group name . user name }
group number and user-number are integers in the range 0 through 255.
group name and user name must name a user on DNSCOM’s node.
EXPORTDELAY delay
is an integer in the range 0 through 600; the default value is 0. This parameter
specifies the number of seconds that an export task pauses between TMF
transactions.