NAME

       rdnssd - IPv6 Recursive DNS Server discovery Daemon

SYNOPSIS

       rdnssd [-f] [-H merge-hook] [-r resolv-file] [-p pidfile] [-u username]

DESCRIPTON

       rdnssd  is  a daemon program providing client-side support for DNS configuration using the
       Recursive DNS Server (RDNSS) option, as described in RFC 5006.  Its purpose is  to  supply
       IPv6 DNS resolvers through stateless autoconfiguration, carried by Router Advertisements.

       rdnssd parses RDNSS options and keeps track of resolvers to write nameservers entries to a
       resolv.conf(5) configuration file. By default, it writes its own separate  file,  and  may
       call  an external hook to merge it with the main /etc/resolv.conf. This is aimed at easing
       coexistence with concurrent daemons, especially IPv4 ones, updating /etc/resolv.conf too.

       On Linux, since version 2.6.24,  rdnssd  takes  advantage  of  a  new  netlink  interface,
       forwarding  RDNSS  options  validated  by  the  kernel  to userland.  Otherwise, it merely
       listens to all ICMPv6 traffic through a raw socket.

OPTIONS

       -f or --foreground
              Do not detach from the console. Run the program in the foreground.

       -H merge-hook or --merge-hook merge-hook
              Execute this hook whenever resolv.conf is updated. If this option is not specified,
              then no hook will be called.

       -h or --help
              Display some help and exit.

       -p pidfile or --pidfile pidfile
              Override the location of the pidfile.

       -r resolv-file or --resolv-file resolv-file
              Set the path to the generated resolv.conf file.

       -u username or --user username
              Override the user that the program will run as. By default, it runs as nobody.

       -V or --version
              Display program version and license and exit.

FILES

       /etc/rdnssd/merge-hook
              A basic merge hook shipped with rdnssd, to be called with the -H option.

       /var/run/rdnssd/resolv.conf
              The default resolv.conf(5) file that rdnssd writes its configuration to.

       /var/run/rdnssd.pid
              The process-id file.

BUGS

       rdnssd  does  not  keep  track  of  the  lifetimes of the routers associated with some DNS
       resolvers, whereas it should to strictly comply with RFC 5006.

       When rdnssd uses a raw socket instead  of  the  netlink  kernel  interface,  it  does  not
       validate  received  Neighbor  Discovery  traffic  in any way.  For example, it will always
       consider Router Advertisement packets, whereas it should not if the host is configured  as
       a router. When the netlink interface is used, such validation is done by the kernel.

SEE ALSO

       resolv.conf(5), rdisc6(8), ipv6(7)

AUTHOR

       Pierre Ynard <linkfanel at yahoo.fr>

       $Id: rdnssd.8-in 575 2007-12-29 21:55:43Z linkfanel $

       http://www.remlab.net/ndisc6/