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diff --git a/contrib/bind/doc/html/controls.html b/contrib/bind/doc/html/controls.html deleted file mode 100644 index 0789901b2b0b..000000000000 --- a/contrib/bind/doc/html/controls.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,75 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> -<HTML> -<HEAD> - <TITLE>BIND controls Statement</TITLE> -</HEAD> - -<BODY> -<H2>BIND Configuration File Guide--<CODE>controls</CODE> Statement</H2> - -<HR> - -<A NAME="Syntax"><H3>Syntax</H3></A> - -<PRE> -controls { - [ inet <VAR><A HREF="docdef.html">ip_addr</A></VAR> - port <VAR><A HREF="docdef.html">ip_port</A></VAR> - allow { <VAR><A HREF="address_list.html">address_match_list</A></VAR>; }; ] - [ unix <VAR><A HREF="docdef.html">path_name</A></VAR> - perm <VAR><A HREF="docdef.html">number</A></VAR> - owner <VAR><A HREF="docdef.html">number</A></VAR> - group <VAR><A HREF="docdef.html">number</A></VAR>; ] -}; -</PRE> - -<HR> - -<A NAME="Usage"><H3>Definition and Usage</H3></A> - -<P>The <CODE>controls</CODE> statement declares control channels -to be used by system -administrators to affect the operation of the local name server. These -control channels are used by the <CODE>ndc</CODE> utility to send commands -to and retrieve non-DNS results from a name server.</P> - -<P>A <CODE>unix</CODE> control channel is a FIFO in the file system, -and access to it is -controlled by normal file system permissions. -It is created by <CODE>named</CODE> with the specified file mode bits (see -the <CODE>chmod</CODE>(1) manual page), user and group owner. -Note that, unlike <CODE>chmod</CODE>, the mode bits specified for -<CODE>perm</CODE> will normally have a leading 0 so the number -is interpreted as octal. Also note that the user and group -ownership specified as <CODE>owner</CODE> and <CODE>group</CODE> -must be given as numbers, not names. -It is recommended that the -permissions be restricted to administrative personnel only, or else any -user on the system might be able to manage the local name server.</P> - -<P>On Solaris and SunOS machines the permissions and ownerships are applied -to the containing directory. -This is done because these operating systems -do not honour the permission on the UNIX domain socket. - -<P>An <CODE>inet</CODE> control channel is a TCP/IP socket accessible -to the Internet, created at the specified <VAR>ip_port</VAR> on the -specified <VAR>ip_addr</VAR>. -Modern <VAR>telnet</VAR> clients are capable of speaking directly to these -sockets, and the control protocol is ARPAnet-style text. It is recommended -that 127.0.0.1 be the only <VAR>ip_addr</VAR> used, and this only if you -trust all non-privileged users on the local host to manage your name -server.</P> - -<HR> - -<CENTER><P>[ <A HREF="config.html">BIND Config. File</A> -| <A HREF="http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/">BIND Home</A> -| <A HREF="http://www.isc.org/">ISC</A> ]</P></CENTER> - -<HR> -<ADDRESS> -Last Updated: $Id: controls.html,v 1.5 2001/02/01 04:27:11 marka Exp $ -</ADDRESS> -</BODY> -</HTML> |