named(8)                            CLIX                            named(8)



  NAME

    named - Runs the Internet domain name server

  SYNOPSIS

    named [-d debuglevel] [-p port#] [[-b] bootfile]

  FLAGS

    -d debuglevel  Prints debugging information. The debuglevel parameter
                   determines the level of debug messages printed.

    -p port#       Specifies a different port number.  The default is the
                   standard port number as listed in /etc/services.

    [-b] bootfile  Specifies an alternate boot file.  The -b flag is optional
                   and allows you to specify a file with a leading dash.

  DESCRIPTION

    The named server is the Internet domain name server.  (See RFC883 for more
    information on the Internet name-domain system.)  Without any arguments,
    named will read the default boot file /etc/named.boot, read any initial
    data, and listen for queries.

    Any additional argument is taken as the name of a boot file.

    The following signals have the specified effect when sent to the server
    process using the kill command.

    SIGHUP   Causes the server to read named.boot and reload the database.

    SIGINT   Dumps the current database and cache in /usr/tmp/named_dump.db.

    SIGIOT   Dumps the statistics data into /usr/tmp/named.stats if the server
             is compiled -DSTATS.  Statistics data is appended to the file.

    SIGSYS   Dumps the profiling data in /usr/tmp if the server is compiled
             with profiling (server forks, chdirs and exits).

    SIGTERM  Dumps the primary and secondary database files. This signal is
             used to save modified data on shutdown if the server is compiled
             with dynamic updating enabled.

    SIGUSR1  Turns on debugging; each SIGUSR1 increments debug level.  (SIGEMT
             on older systems without SIGUSR1.)

    SIGUSR2  Turns off debugging completely.  (SIGFPE on older systems without
             SIGUSR2.)




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  named(8)                            CLIX                            named(8)



  FILES

    /etc/named.boot         Name server configuration boot file.

    /etc/named.pid          The process id.

    /usr/tmp/named.run      Debug output.

    /usr/tmp/named_dump.db  Dump of the name server database.

    /usr/tmp/named.stats    Nameserver statistics data.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands:  kill(1)

    Functions:  gethostbyname(3), signal(3)

    Files:  resolv.conf(4), hosts(4)



































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