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PROGRAM:

NAME

dtinitconf - Creates a DNSSEC-Tools configuration file

SYNOPSIS

dtinitconf [options]

DESCRIPTION

The dtinitconf program initializes the DNSSEC-Tools configuration file. By default, the
actual configuration file will be created, though the created file can be specified by the
user. Existing files, whether the default or one specified by the user, will not be
overwritten unless specifically directed by the user.

Each configuration field can be individually specified on the command line. The user will
also be prompted for the fields, with default values taken from the DNSSEC-Tools
defaults.pm module. If the -noprompt option is given, then a default configuration file
(modulo command-line arguments) will be created.

Configuration entries are created for several BIND programs. Several locations on the
system are searched to find the locations of these programs. First, the directories in
the path environment variable are checked; the names of any directories that contain the
BIND programs are saved. Next, several common locations for BIND programs are checked;
again, the names of directories that contain the BIND programs are saved. After
collecting these directories, the user is presented with this list and may choose to use
whichever set is desired. If no directories are found that contain the BIND programs, the
user is prompted for the proper location.

If the configuration file's parent directory does not exist, then an attempt is made to
create the directory. The new directory's ownership will be set to root for the owner and
dnssec for the group, assuming the dnssec group exists. Writability checks for the
directory will not be performed if the -outfile option is given.

OPTIONS

dtinitconf takes options that control the contents of the newly generated DNSSEC-Tools
configuration file. Each configuration file entry has a corresponding command-line
option. The options, described below, are ordered in logical groups.

Key-related Options
These options deal with different aspects of creating and managing encryption keys.

-algorithm algorithm
Selects the cryptographic algorithm. The value of algorithm must be one that is
recognized by the installed version of dnssec-keygen.

-kskcount KSK-count
The default number of KSK keys that will be created for a zone.

-ksklength keylen
The default KSK key length to be passed to dnssec-keygen.

-ksklife lifespan
The default length of time between KSK rollovers. This is measured in seconds. This
value must be within the range of the minlife and maxlife values.

This value is only used for key rollover. Keys do not have a life-time in any other
sense.

-maxlife maxlifespan
The maximum length of time between key rollovers. This is measured in seconds. The
ksklife and zsklife values must be not greater than this value.

This value is only used for key rollover. Keys do not have a life-time in any other
sense.

-minlife minlifespan
The minimum length of time between key rollovers. This is measured in seconds. The
ksklife and zsklife values must be not less than this value.

This value is only used for key rollover. Keys do not have a life-time in any other
sense.

-zskcount ZSK-count
The default number of ZSK keys that will be created for a zone.

-zsklength keylen
The default ZSK key length to be passed to dnssec-keygen.

-zsklife lifespan
The default length of time between ZSK rollovers. This is measured in seconds. This
value must be within the range of the minlife and maxlife values.

This value is only used for key rollover. Keys do not have a life-time in any other
sense.

-random randomdev
The random device generator to be passed to dnssec-keygen.

Zone-related Options
These options deal with different aspects of zone signing.

-endtime endtime
The zone default expiration time to be passed to dnssec-signzone.

trustman-related Options
These options deal with different aspects of executing trustman.

-genroothints roothints
A new root.hints file will be created at the specified location. dtinitconf requires
that the file not already exist.

The root.hints file is retrieved from http://www.internic.net/zones/named.root. It is
not considered a fatal error if dtinitconf is unable to fetch the file. Rather, a
warning message will be given and creation of the configuration file will continue.

-ta-contact email
The email address of the trustman administrator.

-ta-resolvconf resolvconffile
The location of the resolv.conf file.

-ta-smtpserver hostname
The SMTP server for the trustman command.

-ta-tmpdir hostname
The temporary directory for the trustman command.

BIND Options
These options deal specifically with functionality provided by BIND.

-rndc rndc-path
rndc is the path to BIND's rndc command.

DNSSEC-Tools Options
These options deal specifically with functionality provided by DNSSEC-Tools.

-admin email-address
admin is the email address of the DNSSEC-Tools administrator. This is the default
address used by the dt_adminmail() routine.

-archivedir directory
directory is the archived-key directory. Old encryption keys are moved to this
directory, but only if they are to be saved and not deleted.

-autosign
A flag indicating that rollerd should automatically sign zonefiles that are found to
be newer than their signed zonefile. If -noautosign is specified, this will be set to
false.

-binddir directory
directory is the directory holding the BIND programs. If the reserved word "path" is
specified, then existence of the BIND programs is not verified when dtinitconf is
executed. Rather, the user's PATH directories will be searched for the BIND programs
when the DNSSEC-Tools are executed.

-dtdir directory
directory is the directory holding the DNSSEC-Tools programs. If the reserved word
"path" is specified, then existence of the DNSSEC-Tools programs is not verified when
dtinitconf is executed. Rather, the user's PATH directories will be searched for the
DNSSEC-Tools programs when those tools are executed.

-entropy_msg
A flag indicating that zonesigner should display a message about entropy generation.
This is primarily dependent on the implementation of a system's random number
generation.

-mailer-server host
The mail server that will be contacted by dt_adminmail(). This is passed to
Mail::Send.

-mailer-server mailtype
The mail type that will be contacted by dt_adminmail(). This is passed to
Mail::Mailer (by way of Mail::Send.) Any values recognized by Mail::Mailer may be
used here.

-noentropy_msg
A flag indicating that zonesigner should not display a message about entropy
generation. This is primarily dependent on the implementation of a system's random
number generation.

-roll-loadzone
-no-roll-loadzone
Flags indicating whether or not rollerd should have the DNS daemon load zones.

-roll-logfile logfile
logfile is the logfile for the rollerd daemon.

-roll-loglevel loglevel
loglevel is the logging level for the rollerd daemon.

-roll-phasemsg length
length is the default length of phase-related log messages used by rollerd. The valid
levels are "long" and "short", with "long" being the default value.

The long message length means that a phase description will be included with some log
messages. For example, the long form of a message about ZSK rollover phase 3 will
look like this: "ZSK phase 3 (Waiting for old zone data to expire from caches)".

The short message length means that a phase description will not be included with some
log messages. For example, the short form of a message about ZSK rollover phase 3
will look like this: "ZSK phase 3".

-roll-sleeptime sleep-time
sleep-time is the sleep-time for the rollerd daemon.

-roll-username username
username is the user for which the rollerd daemon will be executed. If this is a
username, it must correspond to a valid uid; if it is a uid, it must correspond to a
valid username.

-roll-logtz logtz
loglevel is the timezone of the message timestamp for rollerd's logfile.

-zoneerrs error-count
error-count is the maximum error count for zones used by the rollerd daemon.

-savekeys
A flag indicating that old keys should be moved to the archive directory.

-nosavekeys
A flag indicating that old keys should not be moved to the archive directory but will
instead be left in place.

-usegui
A flag indicating that the GUI for specifying command options may be used.

-nousegui
A flag indicating that the GUI for specifying command options should not be used.

-zoneparser parser-module
parser-module is the name of the Perl module that will be used to parse zone files.
The default is specified in dnssec_tools_default().

dtinitconf Options
These options deal specifically with dtinitconf.

-outfile conffile
The configuration file will be written to conffile. If this is not given, then the
default configuration file (as returned by Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::conf::getconffile())
will be used.

If conffile is given as -, then the new configuration file will be written to the
standard output.

conffile must be writable.

-overwrite
If -overwrite is specified, existing output files may be overwritten. Without
-overwrite, if the output file is found to exist then dtinitconf will give an error
message and exit.

-noprompt
If -noprompt is specified, the user will not be prompted for any input. The
configuration file will be created from command-line options and DNSSEC-Tools
defaults. Guesses will be made for the BIND paths, based on the PATH environment
variable.

WARNING: After using the -noprompt option, the configuration file must be checked to
ensure that the defaults are appropriate and acceptable for the installation.

-template
If -template is specified, a default configuration file is created. However, all
entries are commented out.

The only command line options that may be used in conjunction with -template are
-outfile and -overwrite.

-edit
If -edit is specified, the output file will be edited after it has been created. The
EDITOR environment variable is consulted for the editor to use. If the EDITOR
environment variable isn't defined, then the vi editor will be used.

-verbose
Provide verbose output.

-Version
Displays the version information for dtinitconf and the DNSSEC-Tools package.

-help
Display a usage message and exit.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2006-2014 SPARTA, Inc. All rights reserved. See the COPYING file included with
the DNSSEC-Tools package for details.

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