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authorTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-05-22 07:09:24 +0000
committerTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-05-22 07:09:24 +0000
commit92900899104f94f829e889aa2ee32c5f247d5ff9 (patch)
tree67f67809396c13e167d05632ae137c902b8c0756 /usr.sbin/named/man
parentea8ae5627ec61067fc2ff07e9935ae7d735b112b (diff)
bind 4.9.7 + -u, -g, and -t from bind 8.1.2
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/named/man')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/named/man/named.827
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/named/man/named.8 b/usr.sbin/named/man/named.8
index f7a2224496a..952a9ef1608 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/named/man/named.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/named/man/named.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: named.8,v 1.3 1997/06/10 20:04:32 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: named.8,v 1.4 1998/05/22 07:09:12 millert Exp $
.\" ++Copyright++ 1985
.\" -
.\" Copyright (c) 1985
@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@ named \- Internet domain name server
.B \-q
] [
.B \-r
+] [
+.B \-u
+.I user
+] [
+.B \-g
+.I group
+] [
+.B \-t
+.I chroot_dir
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Named
@@ -113,6 +122,22 @@ Turns recursion off in the server. Answers can come only from local
(primary or secondary) zones. This can be used on root servers.
\fINOTE:\fP this option is deprecated in favour
of the boot file directive ``options no-recursion''.
+.TP
+.B \-u
+Specifies the user the server should run as after it initializes. The value
+specified may be either a username or a numeric user id. If the
+.B \-g
+flag is not specified, then the group id used will be the primary group of
+the user specified (initgroups() is called, so all of the user's groups will
+be available to the server).
+.TP
+.B \-g
+Specifies the group the server should run as after it initializes. The value
+specified may be either a groupname or a numeric group id.
+.TP
+.B \-t
+Specifies the directory the server should chroot() into as soon as it is
+finshed processing command line arguments.
.PP
Any additional argument is taken as the name of the boot file.
If multiple boot files are specified, only the last is used.