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authorJakob Schlyter <jakob@cvs.openbsd.org>2007-12-09 20:05:55 +0000
committerJakob Schlyter <jakob@cvs.openbsd.org>2007-12-09 20:05:55 +0000
commit13d2cd8bd2937bdd480b10e2f940bb6faf88d84e (patch)
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parent72e46c65882f0ba732f3c9e2b157870b2a957909 (diff)
merge our command line changes to docbook
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/bind/bin/named/named.docbook b/usr.sbin/bind/bin/named/named.docbook
index db070d1264a..db5602805b8 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bind/bin/named/named.docbook
+++ b/usr.sbin/bind/bin/named/named.docbook
@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
-<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN">
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"
+ [<!ENTITY mdash "&#8212;">]>
<!--
- - Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 Internet Software Consortium.
+ - Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+ - Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2003 Internet Software Consortium.
-
- - Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+ - Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or 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 INTERNET SOFTWARE CONSORTIUM
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- - FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
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- - WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+ - 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,
+ - 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.docbook,v 1.5 2001/06/10 13:57:51 tale Exp $ -->
-
-<refentry>
+<!-- $ISC: named.docbook,v 1.7.18.12 2007/08/28 07:20:01 tbox Exp $ -->
+<refentry id="man.named">
<refentryinfo>
<date>June 30, 2000</date>
</refentryinfo>
@@ -34,13 +35,33 @@
<refpurpose>Internet domain name server</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
+ <docinfo>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2004</year>
+ <year>2005</year>
+ <year>2006</year>
+ <year>2007</year>
+ <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2000</year>
+ <year>2001</year>
+ <year>2003</year>
+ <holder>Internet Software Consortium.</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ </docinfo>
+
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>named</command>
+ <arg><option>-4</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-6</option></arg>
<arg><option>-c <replaceable class="parameter">config-file</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-d <replaceable class="parameter">debug-level</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-f</option></arg>
<arg><option>-g</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-i <replaceable class="parameter">pid-file</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-m <replaceable class="parameter">flag</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-n <replaceable class="parameter">#cpus</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-p <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-s</option></arg>
@@ -53,16 +74,21 @@
<refsect1>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
- <para>
- <command>named</command> 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.
+ <para><command>named</command>
+ 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.
</para>
<para>
- When invoked without arguments, <command>named</command> will
- read the default configuration file
- <filename>/etc/named.conf</filename>, read any initial
- data, and listen for queries.
+ When invoked without arguments, <command>named</command>
+ will fork into two processes for privilege separation,
+ <function>chroot(2)</function> to <option>/var/named</option>,
+ read the default configuration file
+ <filename>/var/named/etc/named.conf</filename>,
+ read any initial data, and listen for queries. The
+ privileged process will communicate with the child and
+ <function>bind(2)</function> to privileged
+ ports on its behalf. See CAVEATS section below.
</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -71,168 +97,210 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>-c <replaceable class="parameter">config-file</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Use <replaceable
- class="parameter">config-file</replaceable> as the
- configuration file instead of the default,
- <filename>/etc/named.conf</filename>. To
- ensure that reloading the configuration file continues
- to work after the server has changed its working
- directory due to to a possible
- <option>directory</option> option in the configuration
- file, <replaceable
- class="parameter">config-file</replaceable> should be
- an absolute pathname.
+ <term>-4</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use IPv4 only even if the host machine is capable of IPv6.
+ <option>-4</option> and <option>-6</option> are mutually
+ exclusive.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-6</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use IPv6 only even if the host machine is capable of IPv4.
+ <option>-4</option> and <option>-6</option> are mutually
+ exclusive.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-c <replaceable class="parameter">config-file</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use <replaceable class="parameter">config-file</replaceable> as the
+ configuration file instead of the default,
+ <filename>/etc/named.conf</filename>. To
+ ensure that reloading the configuration file continues
+ to work after the server has changed its working
+ directory due to to a possible
+ <option>directory</option> option in the configuration
+ file, <replaceable class="parameter">config-file</replaceable> should be
+ an absolute pathname.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-d <replaceable class="parameter">debug-level</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set the daemon's debug level to <replaceable class="parameter">debug-level</replaceable>.
+ Debugging traces from <command>named</command> become
+ more verbose as the debug level increases.
</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>-d <replaceable class="parameter">debug-level</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Set the daemon's debug level to <replaceable
- class="parameter">debug-level</replaceable>.
- Debugging traces from <command>named</command> become
- more verbose as the debug level increases.
+ <term>-f</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Run the server in the foreground (i.e. do not daemonize).
</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>-f</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Run the server in the foreground (i.e. do not daemonize).
+ <term>-g</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Run the server in the foreground and force all logging
+ to <filename>stderr</filename>.
</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>-g</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Run the server in the foreground and force all logging
- to <filename>stderr</filename>.
+ <term>-m <replaceable class="parameter">flag</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Turn on memory usage debugging flags. Possible flags are
+ <replaceable class="parameter">usage</replaceable>,
+ <replaceable class="parameter">trace</replaceable>,
+ <replaceable class="parameter">record</replaceable>,
+ <replaceable class="parameter">size</replaceable>, and
+ <replaceable class="parameter">mctx</replaceable>.
+ These correspond to the ISC_MEM_DEBUGXXXX flags described in
+ <filename>&lt;isc/mem.h&gt;</filename>.
</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>-n <replaceable class="parameter">#cpus</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Create <replaceable
- class="parameter">#cpus</replaceable> worker threads
- to take advantage of multiple CPUs. If not specified,
- <command>named</command> 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.
+ <term>-i <replaceable class="parameter">pid-file</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specifies the file taht contains the process ID of
+ <command>named</command>. The default is
+ <filename>/var/run/named.pid</filename>.
</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>-p <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Listen for queries on port <replaceable
- class="parameter">port</replaceable>. If not
- specified, the default is port 53.
+ <term>-n <replaceable class="parameter">#cpus</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Create <replaceable class="parameter">#cpus</replaceable> worker threads
+ to take advantage of multiple CPUs. If not specified,
+ <command>named</command> 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.
</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>-s</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Write memory usage statistics to <filename>stdout</filename> on exit.
+ <term>-p <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Listen for queries on port <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable>. If not
+ specified, the default is port 53.
</para>
- <note>
- <para>
- This option is mainly of interest to BIND 9 developers
- and may be removed or changed in a future release.
- </para>
- </note>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>-t <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <function>chroot()</function> to <replaceable
- class="parameter">directory</replaceable> after
- processing the command line arguments, but before
- reading the configuration file.
+ <term>-s</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Write memory usage statistics to <filename>stdout</filename> on exit.
</para>
- <warning>
- <para>
- This option should be used in conjunction with the
- <option>-u</option> option, as chrooting a process
- running as root doesn't enhance security on most
- systems; the way <function>chroot()</function> is
- defined allows a process with root privileges to
- escape a chroot jail.
- </para>
- </warning>
- </listitem>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ This option is mainly of interest to BIND 9 developers
+ and may be removed or changed in a future release.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>-u <replaceable class="parameter">user</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <function>setuid()</function> to <replaceable
- class="parameter">user</replaceable> after completing
- privileged operations, such as creating sockets that
- listen on privileged ports.
+ <term>-t <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Chroot
+ to <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable> after
+ processing the command line arguments, but before
+ reading the configuration file.
</para>
- <note>
- <para>
- On Linux, <command>named</command> uses the kernel's
- capability mechanism to drop all root privileges
- except the ability to <function>bind()</function> to a
- privileged port and set process resource limits.
- Unfortunately, this means that the <option>-u</option>
- option only works when <command>named</command> 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 <function>setuid()</function>.
- </para>
- </note>
- </listitem>
+ <warning>
+ <para>
+ This option should be used in conjunction with the
+ <option>-u</option> option, as chrooting a process
+ running as root doesn't enhance security on most
+ systems; the way <function>chroot(2)</function> is
+ defined allows a process with root privileges to
+ escape a chroot jail.
+ </para>
+ </warning>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>-v</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Report the version number and exit.
+ <term>-u <replaceable class="parameter">user</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Setuid
+ to <replaceable class="parameter">user</replaceable> after completing
+ privileged operations, such as creating sockets that
+ listen on privileged ports.
</para>
- </listitem>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ On Linux, <command>named</command> uses the kernel's
+ capability mechanism to drop all root privileges
+ except the ability to <function>bind(2)</function> to
+ a
+ privileged port and set process resource limits.
+ Unfortunately, this means that the <option>-u</option>
+ option only works when <command>named</command> 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 <function>setuid(2)</function>.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>-x <replaceable class="parameter">cache-file</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Load data from <replaceable
- class="parameter">cache-file</replaceable> into the
- cache of the default view.
+ <term>-v</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Report the version number and exit.
</para>
- <warning>
- <para>
- 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.
- </para>
- </warning>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-x <replaceable class="parameter">cache-file</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Load data from <replaceable class="parameter">cache-file</replaceable> into the
+ cache of the default view.
+ </para>
+ <warning>
+ <para>
+ 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.
+ </para>
+ </warning>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@@ -242,35 +310,35 @@
<refsect1>
<title>SIGNALS</title>
<para>
- In routine operation, signals should not be used to control
- the nameserver; <command>rndc</command> should be used
- instead.
+ In routine operation, signals should not be used to control
+ the nameserver; <command>rndc</command> should be used
+ instead.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>SIGHUP</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Force a reload of the server.
+ <term>SIGHUP</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Force a reload of the server.
</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>SIGINT, SIGTERM</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Shut down the server.
+ <term>SIGINT, SIGTERM</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Shut down the server.
</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>
- The result of sending any other signals to the server is undefined.
+ The result of sending any other signals to the server is undefined.
</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -278,10 +346,23 @@
<refsect1>
<title>CONFIGURATION</title>
<para>
- The <command>named</command> configuration file is too complex
- to describe in detail here. A complete description is
- provided in the <citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference
- Manual</citetitle>.
+ The <command>named</command> configuration file is too complex
+ to describe in detail here. A complete description is provided
+ in the
+ <citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>CAVEATS</title>
+ <para>
+ <command>named</command> runs privilege separated for binding
+ the privileged ports after an interface or address
+ change. The privileged process will only allow
+ <command>named</command> to <function>bind(2)</function> to
+ default ports. Make sure you use unprivileged (>1024) ports if
+ you change any of the default ports in <command>named</command>'s
+ configuration or on the command-line.
</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -291,21 +372,21 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><filename>/etc/named.conf</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The default configuration file.
+ <term><filename>/etc/named.conf</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The default configuration file.
</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><filename>/var/run/named.pid</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The default process-id file.
+ <term><filename>/var/run/named.pid</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The default process-id file.
</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@@ -314,33 +395,40 @@
<refsect1>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
- <para>
- <citetitle>RFC 1033</citetitle>,
- <citetitle>RFC 1034</citetitle>,
- <citetitle>RFC 1035</citetitle>,
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>rndc</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>lwresd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>,
- <citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>.
+ <para><citetitle>RFC 1033</citetitle>,
+ <citetitle>RFC 1034</citetitle>,
+ <citetitle>RFC 1035</citetitle>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>named-checkconf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>named-checkzone</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>rndc</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>lwresd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>named.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>AUTHOR</title>
- <para>
- <corpauthor>Internet Software Consortium</corpauthor>
+ <para><corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>
</para>
</refsect1>
-</refentry>
-
-
-<!--
+</refentry><!--
- Local variables:
- mode: sgml
- End: