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+.TH "RNDC-CONFGEN" "8" "@RELEASE_DATE@" "@BIND9_VERSION@" "BIND 9"
+.SH NAME
+rndc-confgen \- rndc key generation tool
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.sp
+\fBrndc\-confgen\fP [\fB\-a\fP] [\fB\-A\fP algorithm] [\fB\-b\fP keysize] [\fB\-c\fP keyfile] [\fB\-h\fP] [\fB\-k\fP keyname] [\fB\-p\fP port] [\fB\-s\fP address] [\fB\-t\fP chrootdir] [\fB\-u\fP user]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.sp
+\fBrndc\-confgen\fP generates configuration files for \fBrndc\fP\&. It can be
+used as a convenient alternative to writing the \fBrndc.conf\fP file and
+the corresponding \fBcontrols\fP and \fBkey\fP statements in \fBnamed.conf\fP
+by hand. Alternatively, it can be run with the \fB\-a\fP option to set up a
+\fBrndc.key\fP file and avoid the need for a \fBrndc.conf\fP file and a
+\fBcontrols\fP statement altogether.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \fB\-a\fP
+This option sets automatic \fBrndc\fP configuration, which creates a file \fBrndc.key\fP
+in \fB/etc\fP (or a different \fBsysconfdir\fP specified when BIND
+was built) that is read by both \fBrndc\fP and \fBnamed\fP on startup.
+The \fBrndc.key\fP file defines a default command channel and
+authentication key allowing \fBrndc\fP to communicate with \fBnamed\fP on
+the local host with no further configuration.
+.sp
+If a more elaborate configuration than that generated by
+\fBrndc\-confgen \-a\fP is required, for example if rndc is to be used
+remotely, run \fBrndc\-confgen\fP without the \fB\-a\fP option
+and set up \fBrndc.conf\fP and \fBnamed.conf\fP as directed.
+.TP
+.B \fB\-A algorithm\fP
+This option specifies the algorithm to use for the TSIG key. Available choices
+are: hmac\-md5, hmac\-sha1, hmac\-sha224, hmac\-sha256, hmac\-sha384, and
+hmac\-sha512. The default is hmac\-sha256.
+.TP
+.B \fB\-b keysize\fP
+This option specifies the size of the authentication key in bits. The size must be between
+1 and 512 bits; the default is the hash size.
+.TP
+.B \fB\-c keyfile\fP
+This option is used with the \fB\-a\fP option to specify an alternate location for
+\fBrndc.key\fP\&.
+.TP
+.B \fB\-h\fP
+This option prints a short summary of the options and arguments to
+\fBrndc\-confgen\fP\&.
+.TP
+.B \fB\-k keyname\fP
+This option specifies the key name of the \fBrndc\fP authentication key. This must be a
+valid domain name. The default is \fBrndc\-key\fP\&.
+.TP
+.B \fB\-p port\fP
+This option specifies the command channel port where \fBnamed\fP listens for
+connections from \fBrndc\fP\&. The default is 953.
+.TP
+.B \fB\-s address\fP
+This option specifies the IP address where \fBnamed\fP listens for command\-channel
+connections from \fBrndc\fP\&. The default is the loopback address
+127.0.0.1.
+.TP
+.B \fB\-t chrootdir\fP
+This option is used with the \fB\-a\fP option to specify a directory where \fBnamed\fP
+runs chrooted. An additional copy of the \fBrndc.key\fP is
+written relative to this directory, so that it is found by the
+chrooted \fBnamed\fP\&.
+.TP
+.B \fB\-u user\fP
+This option is used with the \fB\-a\fP option to set the owner of the generated \fBrndc.key\fP file.
+If \fB\-t\fP is also specified, only the file in the chroot
+area has its owner changed.
+.UNINDENT
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.sp
+To allow \fBrndc\fP to be used with no manual configuration, run:
+.sp
+\fBrndc\-confgen \-a\fP
+.sp
+To print a sample \fBrndc.conf\fP file and the corresponding \fBcontrols\fP and
+\fBkey\fP statements to be manually inserted into \fBnamed.conf\fP, run:
+.sp
+\fBrndc\-confgen\fP
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.sp
+\fBrndc(8)\fP, \fBrndc.conf(5)\fP, \fBnamed(8)\fP, BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Internet Systems Consortium
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+2023, Internet Systems Consortium
+.\" Generated by docutils manpage writer.
+.