---
name: "radns.conf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "argus-client"
version: "1:5.0.2+git20250321.41f65e2-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/radns.conf"
---

# radns.conf(1)

radns resource file.

## NAME

**radns.conf** - **radns** resource file.

## SYNOPSIS

**radns.conf**

## DESCRIPTION

Radns will open this radns.conf if its installed as /etc/radns.conf. It will also search for this file as radns.conf in directories specified in $RADNSPATH, or $RADNSHOME, $RADNSHOME/lib, or $HOME, $HOME/lib, and parse it to set common configuration options.  All values in this file can be overriden by command line options, or other files of this format that can be read in using the -F option.

## Variable Syntax

Variable assignments must be of the form:

```
  VARIABLE=
```

with no white space between the VARIABLE and the '=' sign. Quotes are optional for string arguments, but if you want to embed comments, then quotes are required.

## RADNS\_ROOT\_DOMAINS

This comma separated list of NLD DNS domain names represent root domain names that are local to this **radnsP instance.**

**There is no default value.**

**Commandline equivalent  none**

**RADNS\_ROOT\_DOMAINS="qosient.com"**

## RADNS\_ROOT\_DEFAULT

**This variable assigns the default NLD DNS domain name for this region.** **DNS queries do not require the name to be fully qualified (FQDN). When the** **name in a query is not a FQDN, radns will use this RADNS\_ROOT\_DEFAULT** **to complete the name that is stored in its DNS cache.**

**There is no default value.**

**Commandline equivalent  none**

**RADNS\_ROOT\_DEFAULT="qosient.com"**

## COPYRIGHT

**Copyright (c) 2000-2024 QoSient  All rights reserved.**

## SEE ALSO

[**radns**(1)](/radns/1.md)