From d510e8695ebcce64e515ce756b1cfe8fc3e531ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Gustafsson check-zonenamed-checkzone [-dq] [-c The version the server should report
-via a query of name version.bind in
-class
+with type TXT, class CHAOS.
@@ -4056,6 +4068,37 @@ The default is the real version number of this server. The hostname the server should report via a query of
+the name hostname.bind
+with type TXT, class CHAOS.
+This defaults to the hostname of the machine hosting the nameserver as
+found by gethostname(). The primary purpose of such queries is to
+identify which of a group of anycast servers is actually
+answering your queries. Setting the hostname to an empty string
+("") will disable processing of the
+queries.6.2.14. options
.
The pid-file is used by programs that want to send signals to the running
-nameserver.
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