Advanced tool to enable/disable recursive DNS lookups

DNS recursion support is defined under BIND 9, using the `recursion’ and the `allow-recursion’ directives, as part of the options grammar.

Download

http://download.swsoft.com/ensim/download/pro/linux/kb/2344/recursivedns

Installation Instructions

Download the script and copy in “/usr/lib/opcenter/bind/” directory.

recursivedns : ‘recursivedns’, allows you to modify the DNS recursion settings for your EPL server.

Invoking the script

To display the recursion settings, just run `recursivedns
To turn on recursion support, run `recursivedns on
To turn off recursion support, run `recursivedns off
To allow recursion to all hosts, run `recursivedns +all

To disallow recursion to all hosts, run `recursivedns -all
To allow recursion to a particular host, run `recursivedns +HOST
To disallow recursion to a particular host, run `recursivedns -HOST
To display the usage, run `recursivedns –help

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