trustman - Manage keys used as trust anchors
trustman [options]
trustman manages keys used by DNSSEC as trust anchors in compliance with RFC5011. It may be used as a daemon for ongoing key verification or manually for initialization and one-time key verification.
By default, trustman runs as a daemon to ensure that keys stored locally in configuration files still match the same keys fetched from the zone where they are defined. (named.conf and dnsval.conf are the usual configuration files.) These checks can be run once manually (-S) and in the foreground (-f).
For each key mismatch check, if key mismatches are detected then trustman performs the following operations:
- sets an add hold-down timer for new keys;
- sets a remove hold-down timer for missing keys;
- removes revoked keys from the configuration file.
On subsequent runs, the timers are checked. If the timers have expired, keys are added or removed from the configuration file, as appropriate.
trustman takes a number of options, each of which is described in this section. Each option name may be shortened to the minimum number of unique characters, but some options also have an alias (as noted.) The single-letter form of each option is denoted in parentheses, e.g.: -anchor_data_file (-a).
A persistent data file for storing new keys waiting to be added.
Create a configuration file for trustman from the command line options given. The existing DNSSEC-Tools configuration file is copied to the specified configuration file, and new configuration entries are appended corresponding to the command line options. trustman-specific entries already in the existing configuration file will be replaced with new entries from the command line. This will allow fewer command line options to be specified in the future.
Name of an alternate DNSSEC-Tools configuration file to be processed. If specified, this configuration file is used in place of the normal DNSSEC-Tools configuration file not in addition to it. Also, it will be handled prior to keyrec files, rollrec files, and command-line options.
A dnsval.conf file to read and possibly update.
A named.conf file to read and possibly update.
A root.hints file to read.
Specifies where temporary files should be created. This is used when creating new versions of the dnsval.conf and named.conf files before they are moved into place. Most operating systems require the /tmp directory to be on the same partition as the dnsval.conf and named.conf files since renames across partitions will fail.
The zone to check. Specifying this option supersedes the default configuration file.
Mail address for the contact person to whom reports should be sent.
SMTP server that trustman should use to send reports by mail.
Prevents mail from being sent, even if an SMTP server was specified in the configuration file. This is useful for only sending notifications via stdout (-p) or syslog (-L).
Send report even when there are no errors.
Log messages to stdout.
The value of the hold-down timer. This is specified in seconds from the time that a new key is found. Generally, the default and recommended value of 30 days should be used.
A resolv.conf file to read. /dev/null can be specified to force libval to recursively answer the query rather than asking other name servers.)
Run only once.
Run in the foreground. trustman will still run in a loop. To run once, use the -S option instead.
Log messages to syslog.
The number of seconds to sleep between checks. Default is 3600 (one hour.)
This option turns off checks for the REVOKE bit.
Display a help message.
Gives verbose output.
Displays the version information for trustman and the DNSSEC-Tools package.
In addition to the command line arguments, the dnssec-tools.conf file can be configured with the following tokens to remove the need to use some of the command-line options. The command-line options always override the settings in the dnssec-tools.conf file.
This is equivalent to the -smtp_server flag for specifying where to send email notices through.
This is equivalent to the -mail_contact_addr flag for specifying where to send email notices to.
This specifies the file where trustman state information to be kept. This is equivalent to the -anchor_data_file flag.
This specifies the resolv.conf file to use. This is equivalent to the -resolv_conf_file flag.
This specifies the named.conf file to read and write. This is equivalent to the -named_conf_file flag.
This specifies the dnsval.conf file to read and write. This is equivalent to the -dnsval_conf_file flag.
This specifies the root.hints file to read. This is equivalent to the -root_hints_file flag.
This specifies where temporary files should be created. This is used when creating new versions of the dnsval.conf and named.conf files before they're moved into place. Most operating systems require the /tmp directory to be on the same partition as the dnsval.conf and named.conf files, since renames across partitions will fail.
Copyright 2006-2010 SPARTA, Inc. All rights reserved. See the COPYING file included with the DNSSEC-Tools package for details.
Lindy Foster, lfoster@users.sourceforge.net
Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::conf.pm(3), Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::defaults.pm(3),
dnssec-tools.conf(5)