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| author | Jakob Schlyter <jakob@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-04-05 17:36:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Jakob Schlyter <jakob@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-04-05 17:36:37 +0000 |
| commit | 0505bad000912a66c4f92c91a72202b9250e4bd5 (patch) | |
| tree | 00d8701ac1f3ee5feadd765c0274e9ff0a95aeac /usr.sbin/bind/bin/named/named.html | |
| parent | 1da54ca1fd7764e567cd4bc055abd54d602773e1 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/bind/bin/named/named.html b/usr.sbin/bind/bin/named/named.html index 08a1d5db250..6589680aee3 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/bind/bin/named/named.html +++ b/usr.sbin/bind/bin/named/named.html @@ -1,625 +1,240 @@ <!-- - - Copyright (C) 2004 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") - - Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2003 Internet Software Consortium. - - + - Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") + - Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2003 Internet Software Consortium. + - - Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any - purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above - copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. - - + - - THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ISC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH - REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY - - AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL ISC BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, + - AND FITNESS. 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. --> - -<!-- $ISC: named.html,v 1.4.2.1.4.4 2004/08/22 23:38:59 marka Exp $ --> - -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> -<HTML -><HEAD -><TITLE ->named</TITLE -><META -NAME="GENERATOR" -CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"></HEAD -><BODY -CLASS="REFENTRY" -BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" -TEXT="#000000" -LINK="#0000FF" -VLINK="#840084" -ALINK="#0000FF" -><H1 -><A -NAME="AEN1" -></A -><SPAN -CLASS="APPLICATION" ->named</SPAN -></H1 -><DIV -CLASS="REFNAMEDIV" -><A -NAME="AEN9" -></A -><H2 ->Name</H2 -><SPAN -CLASS="APPLICATION" ->named</SPAN -> -- Internet domain name server</DIV -><DIV -CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV" -><A -NAME="AEN13" -></A -><H2 ->Synopsis</H2 -><P -><B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->named</B -> [<VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-4</VAR ->] [<VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-6</VAR ->] [<VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-c <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->config-file</VAR -></VAR ->] [<VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-d <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->debug-level</VAR -></VAR ->] [<VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-f</VAR ->] [<VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-g</VAR ->] [<VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-n <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->#cpus</VAR -></VAR ->] [<VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-p <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->port</VAR -></VAR ->] [<VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-s</VAR ->] [<VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-t <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->directory</VAR -></VAR ->] [<VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-u <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->user</VAR -></VAR ->] [<VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-v</VAR ->] [<VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-x <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->cache-file</VAR -></VAR ->]</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="REFSECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN49" -></A -><H2 ->DESCRIPTION</H2 -><P -> <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->named</B -> is a Domain Name System (DNS) server, +<!-- $ISC: named.html,v 1.4.2.1.4.9 2005/10/13 02:33:47 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 V1.69.1"> +</head> +<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"> +<a name="id2463721"></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">-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="id2525923"></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, <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->named</B -> will + </p> +<p> + When invoked without arguments, <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> will read the default configuration file - <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" ->/etc/named.conf</TT ->, read any initial + <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>, read any initial data, and listen for queries. - </P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="REFSECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN56" -></A -><H2 ->OPTIONS</H2 -><P -></P -><DIV -CLASS="VARIABLELIST" -><DL -><DT ->-4</DT -><DD -><P -> Use IPv4 only even if the host machine is capable of IPv6. - <VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-4</VAR -> and <VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-6</VAR -> are mutually + </p> +</div> +<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> +<a name="id2525948"></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 ->-6</DT -><DD -><P -> Use IPv6 only even if the host machine is capable of IPv4. - <VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-4</VAR -> and <VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-6</VAR -> are mutually + </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 ->-c <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->config-file</VAR -></DT -><DD -><P -> Use <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->config-file</VAR -> as the + </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, - <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" ->/etc/named.conf</TT ->. To + <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 - <VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->directory</VAR -> option in the configuration - file, <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->config-file</VAR -> should be + <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 ->-d <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->debug-level</VAR -></DT -><DD -><P -> Set the daemon's debug level to <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->debug-level</VAR ->. - Debugging traces from <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->named</B -> become + </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 ->-f</DT -><DD -><P -> Run the server in the foreground (i.e. do not daemonize). - </P -></DD -><DT ->-g</DT -><DD -><P -> Run the server in the foreground and force all logging - to <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" ->stderr</TT ->. - </P -></DD -><DT ->-n <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->#cpus</VAR -></DT -><DD -><P -> Create <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->#cpus</VAR -> worker threads + </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">-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, - <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->named</B -> will try to determine the + <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 ->-p <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->port</VAR -></DT -><DD -><P -> Listen for queries on port <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->port</VAR ->. If not + </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 ->-s</DT -><DD -><P -> Write memory usage statistics to <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" ->stdout</TT -> on exit. - </P -><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" -><BLOCKQUOTE -CLASS="NOTE" -><P -><B ->Note: </B -> This option is mainly of interest to BIND 9 developers + </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 -></BLOCKQUOTE -></DIV -></DD -><DT ->-t <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->directory</VAR -></DT -><DD -><P -> <CODE -CLASS="FUNCTION" ->chroot()</CODE -> to <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->directory</VAR -> after + </p> +</div> +</dd> +<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt> +<dd> +<p> + <code class="function">chroot()</code> to <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em> after processing the command line arguments, but before reading the configuration file. - </P -><DIV -CLASS="WARNING" -><P -></P -><TABLE -CLASS="WARNING" -BORDER="1" -WIDTH="90%" -><TR -><TD -ALIGN="CENTER" -><B ->Warning</B -></TD -></TR -><TR -><TD -ALIGN="LEFT" -><P -> This option should be used in conjunction with the - <VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-u</VAR -> option, as chrooting a process + </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()</CODE -> is + systems; the way <code class="function">chroot()</code> is defined allows a process with root privileges to escape a chroot jail. - </P -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -></DIV -></DD -><DT ->-u <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->user</VAR -></DT -><DD -><P -> <CODE -CLASS="FUNCTION" ->setuid()</CODE -> to <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->user</VAR -> after completing + </p> +</div> +</dd> +<dt><span class="term">-u <em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em></span></dt> +<dd> +<p> + <code class="function">setuid()</code> 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" -><BLOCKQUOTE -CLASS="NOTE" -><P -><B ->Note: </B -> On Linux, <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->named</B -> uses the kernel's + </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()</CODE -> to a + except the ability to <code class="function">bind()</code> to a privileged port and set process resource limits. - Unfortunately, this means that the <VAR -CLASS="OPTION" ->-u</VAR -> - option only works when <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->named</B -> is run + 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()</CODE ->. - </P -></BLOCKQUOTE -></DIV -></DD -><DT ->-v</DT -><DD -><P -> Report the version number and exit. - </P -></DD -><DT ->-x <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->cache-file</VAR -></DT -><DD -><P -> Load data from <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->cache-file</VAR -> into the + to be retained after <code class="function">setuid()</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" -><P -></P -><TABLE -CLASS="WARNING" -BORDER="1" -WIDTH="90%" -><TR -><TD -ALIGN="CENTER" -><B ->Warning</B -></TD -></TR -><TR -><TD -ALIGN="LEFT" -><P -> This option must not be used. It is only of interest + </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 -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -></DIV -></DD -></DL -></DIV -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="REFSECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN153" -></A -><H2 ->SIGNALS</H2 -><P -> In routine operation, signals should not be used to control - the nameserver; <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->rndc</B -> should be used + </p> +</div> +</dd> +</dl></div> +</div> +<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> +<a name="id2526297"></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 -><P -></P -><DIV -CLASS="VARIABLELIST" -><DL -><DT ->SIGHUP</DT -><DD -><P -> Force a reload of the server. - </P -></DD -><DT ->SIGINT, SIGTERM</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" -><A -NAME="AEN167" -></A -><H2 ->CONFIGURATION</H2 -><P -> The <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->named</B -> configuration file is too complex + </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="id2526412"></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 <I -CLASS="CITETITLE" ->BIND 9 Administrator Reference - Manual</I ->. - </P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="REFSECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN172" -></A -><H2 ->FILES</H2 -><P -></P -><DIV -CLASS="VARIABLELIST" -><DL -><DT -><TT -CLASS="FILENAME" ->/etc/named.conf</TT -></DT -><DD -><P -> The default configuration file. - </P -></DD -><DT -><TT -CLASS="FILENAME" ->/var/run/named.pid</TT -></DT -><DD -><P -> The default process-id file. - </P -></DD -></DL -></DIV -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="REFSECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN185" -></A -><H2 ->SEE ALSO</H2 -><P -> <I -CLASS="CITETITLE" ->RFC 1033</I ->, - <I -CLASS="CITETITLE" ->RFC 1034</I ->, - <I -CLASS="CITETITLE" ->RFC 1035</I ->, - <SPAN -CLASS="CITEREFENTRY" -><SPAN -CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE" ->rndc</SPAN ->(8)</SPAN ->, - <SPAN -CLASS="CITEREFENTRY" -><SPAN -CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE" ->lwresd</SPAN ->(8)</SPAN ->, - <I -CLASS="CITETITLE" ->BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</I ->. - </P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="REFSECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN198" -></A -><H2 ->AUTHOR</H2 -><P -> Internet Systems Consortium - </P -></DIV -></BODY -></HTML -> + provided in the <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference + Manual</em>. + </p> +</div> +<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> +<a name="id2526429"></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="id2526469"></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">rndc</span>(8)</span>, + <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">lwresd</span>(8)</span>, + <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>. + </p> +</div> +<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> +<a name="id2526512"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2> +<p> + <span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span> + </p> +</div> +</div></body> +</html> |