@INDOT@ndc - name daemon control interface
@INDOT@ndc directive [ ... ]
This command allows the name server administrator to send various signals to the name server, or to restart it. Zero or more directives may be given, from the following list:
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status |
Displays the current status of @INDOT@named as shown by ps(1). | ||
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dumpdb |
Causes @INDOT@named to dump its database and cache to /var/tmp/named_dump.db (uses the INT signal.) | ||
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reload |
Causes @INDOT@named to check the serial numbers of all primary and secondary zones and to reload those that have changed (uses the HUP signal.) | ||
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stats |
Causes @INDOT@named to dump its statistics to /var/tmp/named.stats (uses the IOT or ABRT signal.) | ||
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trace |
Causes @INDOT@named to increment its ’’tracing level’’ by one. Whenever the tracing level is nonzero, trace information will be written to /var/tmp/named.run. Higher tracing levels result in more detailed information. (Uses the USR1 signal.) |
notrace
Causes @INDOT@named to set its ’’tracing level’’ to zero, closing /var/tmp/named.run if it is open (uses the USR2 signal.)
querylog
Causes @INDOT@named to toggle the ’’query logging’’ feature, which while on will result in a syslog(3) of each incoming query (uses the WINCH signal.) Note that query logging consumes quite a lot of log file space. This directive may also be given as qrylog.
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start |
Causes @INDOT@named to be started, as long as it isn’t already running. | ||
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stop |
Causes @INDOT@named to be stopped, if it is running. |
restart
Causes @INDOT@named to be killed and restarted.
Arguments to @INDOT@named are not preserved by restart, or known by start. Some mechanism for controlling the parameters and environment should exist.
Implemented as a sh(1) script.
Paul Vixie (Internet Software Consortium)
@INDOT@named(@SYS_OPS_EXT@), @INDOT@named.reload(@SYS_OPS_EXT@), @INDOT@named.restart(@SYS_OPS_EXT@)