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IN NO EVENT SHALL ISC BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, - - INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM - - LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE - - OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR - - PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. ---> -<!-- $Id: named.html,v 1.6.18.21 2007/06/20 02:26:58 marka Exp $ --> -<html> -<head> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> -<title>named</title> -<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.71.1"> -</head> -<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"> -<a name="man.named"></a><div class="titlepage"></div> -<div class="refnamediv"> -<h2>Name</h2> -<p><span class="application">named</span> — Internet domain name server</p> -</div> -<div class="refsynopsisdiv"> -<h2>Synopsis</h2> -<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">named</code> [<code class="option">-4</code>] [<code class="option">-6</code>] [<code class="option">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-d <em class="replaceable"><code>debug-level</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-f</code>] [<code class="option">-g</code>] [<code class="option">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>flag</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>#cpus</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-s</code>] [<code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-u <em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-v</code>] [<code class="option">-x <em class="replaceable"><code>cache-file</code></em></code>]</p></div> -</div> -<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2543452"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> -<p><span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> - is a Domain Name System (DNS) server, - part of the BIND 9 distribution from ISC. For more - information on the DNS, see RFCs 1033, 1034, and 1035. - </p> -<p> - When invoked without arguments, <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> - will - read the default configuration file - <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>, read any initial - data, and listen for queries. - </p> -</div> -<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2543477"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2> -<div class="variablelist"><dl> -<dt><span class="term">-4</span></dt> -<dd><p> - Use IPv4 only even if the host machine is capable of IPv6. - <code class="option">-4</code> and <code class="option">-6</code> are mutually - exclusive. - </p></dd> -<dt><span class="term">-6</span></dt> -<dd><p> - Use IPv6 only even if the host machine is capable of IPv4. - <code class="option">-4</code> and <code class="option">-6</code> are mutually - exclusive. - </p></dd> -<dt><span class="term">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em></span></dt> -<dd><p> - Use <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em> as the - configuration file instead of the default, - <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>. To - ensure that reloading the configuration file continues - to work after the server has changed its working - directory due to to a possible - <code class="option">directory</code> option in the configuration - file, <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em> should be - an absolute pathname. - </p></dd> -<dt><span class="term">-d <em class="replaceable"><code>debug-level</code></em></span></dt> -<dd><p> - Set the daemon's debug level to <em class="replaceable"><code>debug-level</code></em>. - Debugging traces from <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> become - more verbose as the debug level increases. - </p></dd> -<dt><span class="term">-f</span></dt> -<dd><p> - Run the server in the foreground (i.e. do not daemonize). - </p></dd> -<dt><span class="term">-g</span></dt> -<dd><p> - Run the server in the foreground and force all logging - to <code class="filename">stderr</code>. - </p></dd> -<dt><span class="term">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>flag</code></em></span></dt> -<dd><p> - Turn on memory usage debugging flags. Possible flags are - <em class="replaceable"><code>usage</code></em>, - <em class="replaceable"><code>trace</code></em>, - <em class="replaceable"><code>record</code></em>, - <em class="replaceable"><code>size</code></em>, and - <em class="replaceable"><code>mctx</code></em>. - These correspond to the ISC_MEM_DEBUGXXXX flags described in - <code class="filename"><isc/mem.h></code>. - </p></dd> -<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>#cpus</code></em></span></dt> -<dd><p> - Create <em class="replaceable"><code>#cpus</code></em> worker threads - to take advantage of multiple CPUs. If not specified, - <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> will try to determine the - number of CPUs present and create one thread per CPU. - If it is unable to determine the number of CPUs, a - single worker thread will be created. - </p></dd> -<dt><span class="term">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></span></dt> -<dd><p> - Listen for queries on port <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em>. If not - specified, the default is port 53. - </p></dd> -<dt><span class="term">-s</span></dt> -<dd> -<p> - Write memory usage statistics to <code class="filename">stdout</code> on exit. - </p> -<div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> -<h3 class="title">Note</h3> -<p> - This option is mainly of interest to BIND 9 developers - and may be removed or changed in a future release. - </p> -</div> -</dd> -<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt> -<dd> -<p>Chroot - to <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em> after - processing the command line arguments, but before - reading the configuration file. - </p> -<div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> -<h3 class="title">Warning</h3> -<p> - This option should be used in conjunction with the - <code class="option">-u</code> option, as chrooting a process - running as root doesn't enhance security on most - systems; the way <code class="function">chroot(2)</code> is - defined allows a process with root privileges to - escape a chroot jail. - </p> -</div> -</dd> -<dt><span class="term">-u <em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em></span></dt> -<dd> -<p>Setuid - to <em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em> after completing - privileged operations, such as creating sockets that - listen on privileged ports. - </p> -<div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> -<h3 class="title">Note</h3> -<p> - On Linux, <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> uses the kernel's - capability mechanism to drop all root privileges - except the ability to <code class="function">bind(2)</code> to - a - privileged port and set process resource limits. - Unfortunately, this means that the <code class="option">-u</code> - option only works when <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> is - run - on kernel 2.2.18 or later, or kernel 2.3.99-pre3 or - later, since previous kernels did not allow privileges - to be retained after <code class="function">setuid(2)</code>. - </p> -</div> -</dd> -<dt><span class="term">-v</span></dt> -<dd><p> - Report the version number and exit. - </p></dd> -<dt><span class="term">-x <em class="replaceable"><code>cache-file</code></em></span></dt> -<dd> -<p> - Load data from <em class="replaceable"><code>cache-file</code></em> into the - cache of the default view. - </p> -<div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> -<h3 class="title">Warning</h3> -<p> - This option must not be used. It is only of interest - to BIND 9 developers and may be removed or changed in a - future release. - </p> -</div> -</dd> -</dl></div> -</div> -<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2543864"></a><h2>SIGNALS</h2> -<p> - In routine operation, signals should not be used to control - the nameserver; <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> should be used - instead. - </p> -<div class="variablelist"><dl> -<dt><span class="term">SIGHUP</span></dt> -<dd><p> - Force a reload of the server. - </p></dd> -<dt><span class="term">SIGINT, SIGTERM</span></dt> -<dd><p> - Shut down the server. - </p></dd> -</dl></div> -<p> - The result of sending any other signals to the server is undefined. - </p> -</div> -<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2543912"></a><h2>CONFIGURATION</h2> -<p> - The <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file is too complex - to describe in detail here. A complete description is provided - in the - <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>. - </p> -</div> -<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2543929"></a><h2>FILES</h2> -<div class="variablelist"><dl> -<dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code></span></dt> -<dd><p> - The default configuration file. - </p></dd> -<dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">/var/run/named.pid</code></span></dt> -<dd><p> - The default process-id file. - </p></dd> -</dl></div> -</div> -<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2543969"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2> -<p><em class="citetitle">RFC 1033</em>, - <em class="citetitle">RFC 1034</em>, - <em class="citetitle">RFC 1035</em>, - <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named-checkconf</span>(8)</span>, - <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</span>(8)</span>, - <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rndc</span>(8)</span>, - <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">lwresd</span>(8)</span>, - <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named.conf</span>(5)</span>, - <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>. - </p> -</div> -<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> -<a name="id2544039"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2> -<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span> - </p> -</div> -</div></body> -</html> |
