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NAMED(8)			     BIND9			      NAMED(8)

NAME
       named - Internet domain name server

SYNOPSIS
       named [-4] [-6] [-c config-file] [-d debug-level] [-f] [-g] [-m flag]
	     [-n #cpus] [-p port] [-s] [-S #max-socks] [-t directory]
	     [-u user] [-v] [-x cache-file] [-D]

DESCRIPTION
       named 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.

       When invoked without arguments, named will read the default
       configuration file /etc/named.conf, read any initial data, and listen
       for queries.

OPTIONS
       -4
	   Use IPv4 only even if the host machine is capable of IPv6.  -4 and
	   -6 are mutually exclusive.

       -6
	   Use IPv6 only even if the host machine is capable of IPv4.  -4 and
	   -6 are mutually exclusive.

       -c config-file
	   Use config-file as the configuration file instead of the default,
	   /etc/named.conf. To ensure that reloading the configuration file
	   continues to work after the server has changed its working
	   directory due to to a possible directory option in the
	   configuration file, config-file should be an absolute pathname.

       -d debug-level
	   Set the daemon's debug level to debug-level. Debugging traces from
	   named become more verbose as the debug level increases.

       -f
	   Run the server in the foreground (i.e. do not daemonize).

       -g
	   Run the server in the foreground and force all logging to stderr.

       -m flag
	   Turn on memory usage debugging flags. Possible flags are usage,
	   trace, and record. These correspond to the ISC_MEM_DEBUGXXXX flags
	   described in <isc/mem.h>.

       -n #cpus
	   Create #cpus worker threads to take advantage of multiple CPUs. If
	   not specified, named 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 port
	   Listen for queries on port port. If not specified, the default is
	   port 53.

       -s
	   Write memory usage statistics to stdout on exit.
		  Note: This option is mainly of interest to BIND 9 developers
		  and may be removed or changed in a future release.

       -S #max-socks
	   Allow named to use up to #max-socks sockets.
		  Warning: This option should be unnecessary for the vast
		  majority of users. The use of this option could even be
		  harmful because the specified value may exceed the
		  limitation of the underlying system API. It is therefore set
		  only when the default configuration causes exhaustion of
		  file descriptors and the operational environment is known to
		  support the specified number of sockets. Note also that the
		  actual maximum number is normally a little fewer than the
		  specified value because named reserves some file descriptors
		  for its internal use.

       -t directory
	   Chroot to directory after processing the command line arguments,
	   but before reading the configuration file.
		  Warning: This option should be used in conjunction with the
		  -u option, as chrooting a process running as root doesn't
		  enhance security on most systems; the way chroot(2) is
		  defined allows a process with root privileges to escape a
		  chroot jail.

       -u user
	   Setuid to user after completing privileged operations, such as
	   creating sockets that listen on privileged ports.
		  Note: On Linux, named uses the kernel's capability mechanism
		  to drop all root privileges except the ability to bind(2) to
		  a privileged port and set process resource limits.
		  Unfortunately, this means that the -u option only works when
		  named 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 setuid(2).

       -v
	   Report the version number and exit.

       -x cache-file
	   Load data from cache-file into the cache of the default view.
		  Warning: 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.

       -D     Enable dynamic management of the forwarding table with D-BUS
	      messages. This option is required for Red Hat NetworkManager
	      support. See doc/README.DBUS .

SIGNALS
       In routine operation, signals should not be used to control the
       nameserver; rndc should be used instead.

       SIGHUP
	   Force a reload of the server.

       SIGINT, SIGTERM
	   Shut down the server.

       The result of sending any other signals to the server is undefined.

CONFIGURATION
       The named configuration file is too complex to describe in detail here.
       A complete description is provided in the BIND 9 Administrator
       Reference Manual.

NOTES
       Red Hat SELinux BIND Security Profile:

       By default, Red Hat ships BIND with the most secure SELinux policy that
       will not prevent normal BIND operation and will prevent exploitation of
       all known BIND security vulnerabilities . See the selinux(8) man page
       for information about SElinux.

       It is not necessary to run named in a chroot environment if the Red Hat
       SELinux policy for named is enabled. When enabled, this policy is far
       more secure than a chroot environment.

       With this extra security comes some restrictions:
       By default, the SELinux policy does not allow named to write any master
       zone database files. Only the root user may create files in the
       $ROOTDIR/var/named zone database file directory (the options {
       "directory" } option), where $ROOTDIR is set in /etc/sysconfig/named.
       The "named" group must be granted read privelege to these files in
       order for named to be enabled to read them.
       Any file created in the zone database file directory is automatically
       assigned the SELinux file context named_zone_t .
       By default, SELinux prevents any role from modifying named_zone_t
       files; this means that files in the zone database directory cannot be
       modified by dynamic DNS (DDNS) updates or zone transfers.
       The Red Hat BIND distribution and SELinux policy creates two
       directories where named is allowed to create and modify files:
       $ROOTDIR/var/named/slaves and $ROOTDIR/var/named/data. By placing files
       you want named to modify, such as slave or DDNS updateable zone files
       and database / statistics dump files in these directories, named will
       work normally and no further operator action is required. Files in
       these directories are automatically assigned the 'named_cache_t' file
       context, which SELinux allows named to write.
       You can enable the named_t domain to write and create named_zone_t
       files by use of the SELinux tunable boolean variable
       "named_write_master_zones", using the setsebool(8) command or the
       system-config-security GUI . If you do this, you must also set the
       ENABLE_ZONE_WRITE variable in /etc/sysconfig/named to 1 / yes to set
       the ownership of files in the $ROOTDIR/var/named directory to
       named:named in order for named to be allowed to write them.

       Red Hat BIND named_sdb SDB support:

       Red Hat ships the bind-sdb RPM that provides the /usr/sbin/named_sdb
       program, which is named compiled with the Simplified Database Backend
       modules that ISC provides in the "contrib/sdb" directory.
       The SDB modules for LDAP, PostGreSQL and DirDB are compiled into
       named_sdb.
       To run named_sdb, set the ENABLE_SDB variable in /etc/sysconfig/named
       to 1 or "yes", and then the "service named start" named initscript will
       run named_sdb instead of named .
       See the documentation for the various SDB modules in
       /usr/share/doc/bind-sdb-*/ .

       Red Hat system-config-bind:

       Red Hat provides the system-config-bind GUI to configure named.conf and
       zone database files. Run the "system-config-bind" command and access
       the manual by selecting the Help menu.

FILES
       /etc/named.conf
	   The default configuration file.

       /var/run/named.pid
	   The default process-id file.

SEE ALSO
       RFC 1033, RFC 1034, RFC 1035, named-checkconf(8), named-checkzone(8),
       rndc(8), lwresd(8), named.conf(5), BIND 9 Administrator Reference
       Manual.

AUTHOR
       Internet Systems Consortium

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
       Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2003 Internet Software Consortium.

BIND9				 June 30, 2000			      NAMED(8)
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