NSNOTIFY(1) General Commands Manual NSNOTIFY(1) NAME nsnotify -- send DNS NOTIFY messages SYNOPSIS nsnotify [-46dtV] [-s addr] [-p port] <zone> <target>... nsnotify [-46dtV] [-s addr] [-p port] -F zones <target>... nsnotify [-46dtV] [-s addr] [-p port] -f targets <zones>... nsnotify [-46dtV] [-s addr] [-p port] -F zones -f targets DESCRIPTION The nsnotify program sends DNS NOTIFY messages for a list of zones to a list of targets. You can either provide a list of targets on the command line, or use the -f targets option to read from a file. To send a notifi- cations about more than one zone, you can use the -F zones option to read from a file. The following commands have a similar effect: nsnotify -p 53 example.net ::1 dig +opcode=notify -t soa -p 53 example.net @::1 The nsnotify command is quieter than dig by default. It is more convenient to notify multiple servers with nsnotify than with dig. Note: nsnotify (without `d') is a client for sending DNS NOTIFY messages whereas nsnotifyd (with `d') is a daemon for handling DNS NOTIFY messages. OPTIONS -4 Use IPv4 only (apart from the system resolver). -6 Use IPv6 only (apart from the system resolver). -d Debugging mode. Use once to print successful message sends. Use twice to get dumps of DNS packets. -F zones File containing list of zones to send NOTIFY messages about. There must be one domain name per line, with no comments or extra white space. -f targets File containing list of addresses to send NOTIFY messages to. There must be one target address per line, with no comments or ex- tra white space. If targets is `-' then the addresses are read from stdin. -p port Connect to port, which may be a service name or a port number. The default is the domain service, port 53. -s addr Send NOTIFY messages from a specific source IP address. -t Make TCP connections instead of using UDP. -V Print details about this version of nsnotify. SEE ALSO nsnotifyd(1) AUTHOR Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> DNS February 24, 2026 NSNOTIFY(1)
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