nsupdate Command
Purpose
Updates a DNS server.
Syntax
Refer to the syntax for the nsupdate4, nsupdate8or nsupdate9 command.
Description
AIX® 7.1 supports only BIND version 9. BIND 8 application code is removed from AIX 7.1 and the named daemon links to named9 now, and nsupdate to nsupdate4. To use a different version of nsupdate, you must relink the symbolic links accordingly to the nsupdate command.
For example, to use nsupdate9, type:
ln -fs /usr/sbin/nsupdate9 /usr/sbin/nsupdate
nsupdate4 can be used with named8 (which is now removed from AIX 7.1), but nsupdate9 must be used with named9 because the security process is different.
Files
- /usr/sbin/named
- Contains a symbolic link to the version of named being used on the system.
- /usr/sbin/nsupdate
- Contains a symbolic link to the version of nsupdate being used on the system.
- /usr/sbin/nsupdate4
- Contains the BIND version 4 nsupdate command.
- /usr/sbin/nsupdate8
- Contains the BIND version 8 nsupdate command.
- /usr/sbin/nsupdate9
- Contains the BIND version 9 nsupdate command.
nsupdate command - BIND 9.16
For a complete description, see the nsupdate command in the BIND 9.16 Administrator Reference Manual.