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<refentry id="man.named">
  <refentryinfo>
    <date>June 30, 2000</date>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle><application>named</application></refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
    <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname><application>named</application></refname>
    <refpurpose>Internet domain name server</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <docinfo>
    <copyright>
      <year>2004</year>
      <year>2005</year>
      <year>2006</year>
      <year>2007</year>
      <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
    </copyright>
    <copyright>
      <year>2000</year>
      <year>2001</year>
      <year>2003</year>
      <holder>Internet Software Consortium.</holder>
    </copyright>
  </docinfo>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>named</command>
      <arg><option>-4</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-6</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-c <replaceable class="parameter">config-file</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-d <replaceable class="parameter">debug-level</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-f</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-g</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-m <replaceable class="parameter">flag</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-n <replaceable class="parameter">#cpus</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-p <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-s</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-t <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-u <replaceable class="parameter">user</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-v</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-x <replaceable class="parameter">cache-file</replaceable></option></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
    <para><command>named</command>
      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.
    </para>
    <para>
      When invoked without arguments, <command>named</command>
      will
      read the default configuration file
      <filename>/etc/named.conf</filename>, read any initial
      data, and listen for queries.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>OPTIONS</title>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-4</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Use IPv4 only even if the host machine is capable of IPv6.
            <option>-4</option> and <option>-6</option> are mutually
            exclusive.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-6</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Use IPv6 only even if the host machine is capable of IPv4.
            <option>-4</option> and <option>-6</option> are mutually
            exclusive.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-c <replaceable class="parameter">config-file</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Use <replaceable class="parameter">config-file</replaceable> as the
            configuration file instead of the default,
            <filename>/etc/named.conf</filename>.  To
            ensure that reloading the configuration file continues
            to work after the server has changed its working
            directory due to to a possible
            <option>directory</option> option in the configuration
            file, <replaceable class="parameter">config-file</replaceable> should be
            an absolute pathname.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-d <replaceable class="parameter">debug-level</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Set the daemon's debug level to <replaceable class="parameter">debug-level</replaceable>.
            Debugging traces from <command>named</command> become
            more verbose as the debug level increases.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-f</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Run the server in the foreground (i.e. do not daemonize).
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-g</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Run the server in the foreground and force all logging
            to <filename>stderr</filename>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-m <replaceable class="parameter">flag</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
	    Turn on memory usage debugging flags.  Possible flags are
	    <replaceable class="parameter">usage</replaceable>,
	    <replaceable class="parameter">trace</replaceable>,
	    <replaceable class="parameter">record</replaceable>,
	    <replaceable class="parameter">size</replaceable>, and
	    <replaceable class="parameter">mctx</replaceable>.
	    These correspond to the ISC_MEM_DEBUGXXXX flags described in
	    <filename>&lt;isc/mem.h&gt;</filename>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-n <replaceable class="parameter">#cpus</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Create <replaceable class="parameter">#cpus</replaceable> worker threads
            to take advantage of multiple CPUs.  If not specified,
            <command>named</command> 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.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-p <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Listen for queries on port <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable>.  If not
            specified, the default is port 53.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-s</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Write memory usage statistics to <filename>stdout</filename> on exit.
          </para>
          <note>
            <para>
              This option is mainly of interest to BIND 9 developers
              and may be removed or changed in a future release.
            </para>
          </note>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-t <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Chroot
	    to <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable> after
            processing the command line arguments, but before
            reading the configuration file.
          </para>
          <warning>
            <para>
              This option should be used in conjunction with the
              <option>-u</option> option, as chrooting a process
              running as root doesn't enhance security on most
              systems; the way <function>chroot(2)</function> is
              defined allows a process with root privileges to
              escape a chroot jail.
            </para>
          </warning>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-u <replaceable class="parameter">user</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Setuid
	    to <replaceable class="parameter">user</replaceable> after completing
            privileged operations, such as creating sockets that
            listen on privileged ports.
          </para>
          <note>
            <para>
              On Linux, <command>named</command> uses the kernel's
              		capability mechanism to drop all root privileges
              except the ability to <function>bind(2)</function> to
              a
              privileged port and set process resource limits.
              Unfortunately, this means that the <option>-u</option>
              option only works when <command>named</command> 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 <function>setuid(2)</function>.
            </para>
          </note>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-v</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Report the version number and exit.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-x <replaceable class="parameter">cache-file</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Load data from <replaceable class="parameter">cache-file</replaceable> into the
            cache of the default view.
          </para>
          <warning>
            <para>
              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.
            </para>
          </warning>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>SIGNALS</title>
    <para>
      In routine operation, signals should not be used to control
      the nameserver; <command>rndc</command> should be used
      instead.
    </para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>SIGHUP</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Force a reload of the server.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>SIGINT, SIGTERM</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Shut down the server.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <para>
      The result of sending any other signals to the server is undefined.
    </para>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>CONFIGURATION</title>
    <para>
      The <command>named</command> configuration file is too complex
      to describe in detail here.  A complete description is provided
      in the
      <citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>FILES</title>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><filename>/etc/named.conf</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            The default configuration file.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><filename>/var/run/named.pid</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            The default process-id file.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
    <para><citetitle>RFC 1033</citetitle>,
      <citetitle>RFC 1034</citetitle>,
      <citetitle>RFC 1035</citetitle>,
      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>named-checkconf</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>named-checkzone</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>rndc</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>lwresd</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
	<refentrytitle>named.conf</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>AUTHOR</title>
    <para><corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

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