Distributed Name Service (DNS) Management Operations Manual

ALTER DNS

The DNSCOM Commands

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MAXEXPORTS

exports

is an integer in the range 1 through 31; the default value is 31. This parameter

specifies the maximum number of active export tasks permitted by the name

exporter.

SECURITY "

security flags

is a four-character string with each character selected from

the list O, U, G, C, A, N and -. Enclose the character string in double quotation

marks (“).

Examples

ALTER DNS, DNSOWNER SUPER.OPS, SECURITY "AGOG"

ALTER DNS AT \NEWYORK.$DNS.RDSDNS.DNSCONF, &

MAXEXPORTS 4, EXPORTDELAY 30

ALTER DNS, SECURITY "NNNN"

Considerations

To issue this command, the DNS configuration must be in the stopped state.

If SECURITY is included, the DNS database file’s security is changed to xeOO,

where e is the specified EXECUTE authority and x is determined by the specified

READ and EXECUTE authority as shown in the following table:

READ AUTHORITY

A G O N C U -

----------------------------

A | A A A N N N A

G | A G G N C C G

O | A G O N C U O

EXECUTE AUTHORITY N | N N N N N N N

C | N C C N C C C

U | N C U N C U U

- | A G O N C U -

For example, SECURITY AG-G alters the file’s security to A-OO.

If DNSOWNER is included, the DNS configuration file and all DNS database files

are given to the new owner.