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14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<p><span class="application">named</span> — Internet domain name server</p>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<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">-D <em class="replaceable"><code>string</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-E <em class="replaceable"><code>engine-name</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-f</code>] [<code class="option">-g</code>] [<code class="option">-L <em class="replaceable"><code>logfile</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-M <em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>flag</code></em></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">-S <em class="replaceable"><code>#max-socks</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>#listeners</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-u <em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-v</code>] [<code class="option">-V</code>] [<code class="option">-X <em class="replaceable"><code>lock-file</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-x <em class="replaceable"><code>cache-file</code></em></code>]</p></div>
f9ce6280cec79deb16ff6d9807aa493ff23e10d9Tinderbox User<p><span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>
c2258eedf2d9d0207b45b90014f8fde5413b41a3Tinderbox User is a Domain Name System (DNS) server,
f9ce6280cec79deb16ff6d9807aa493ff23e10d9Tinderbox User part of the BIND 9 distribution from ISC. For more
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt information on the DNS, see RFCs 1033, 1034, and 1035.
46472a450e043434d78fa18edc73bca8c47f3981Tinderbox User When invoked without arguments, <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>
e285c11870c6263cd79b418e104c7eb3e2d96952Tinderbox User read the default configuration file
46472a450e043434d78fa18edc73bca8c47f3981Tinderbox User <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>, read any initial
46472a450e043434d78fa18edc73bca8c47f3981Tinderbox User data, and listen for queries.
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User Use IPv4 only even if the host machine is capable of IPv6.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <code class="option">-4</code> and <code class="option">-6</code> are mutually
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User Use IPv6 only even if the host machine is capable of IPv4.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <code class="option">-4</code> and <code class="option">-6</code> are mutually
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em></span></dt>
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User Use <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em> as the
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User configuration file instead of the default,
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>. To
a1ff871f78b7d907d6fc3a382beea2a640fe8423Tinderbox User ensure that reloading the configuration file continues
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User to work after the server has changed its working
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User directory due to to a possible
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User <code class="option">directory</code> option in the configuration
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User file, <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em> should be
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User an absolute pathname.
a1ff871f78b7d907d6fc3a382beea2a640fe8423Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-d <em class="replaceable"><code>debug-level</code></em></span></dt>
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User Set the daemon's debug level to <em class="replaceable"><code>debug-level</code></em>.
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User Debugging traces from <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> become
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User more verbose as the debug level increases.
a1ff871f78b7d907d6fc3a382beea2a640fe8423Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-D <em class="replaceable"><code>string</code></em></span></dt>
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User Specifies a string that is used to identify a instance of
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> in a process listing. The contents
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User of <em class="replaceable"><code>string</code></em> are
8a48b6b9b6fa8486f24b22d1972b2b6ebb36a4a4Tinderbox User not examined.
a1ff871f78b7d907d6fc3a382beea2a640fe8423Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-E <em class="replaceable"><code>engine-name</code></em></span></dt>
6b7cba2b10d6cb5363d94b434b0d22ecfb33a6f3Tinderbox User When applicable, specifies the hardware to use for
1700442a7751c2bbdafe2d039cebbd8316496957Tinderbox User cryptographic operations, such as a secure key store used
576bce9d7331498ca5453f8743f94ed8e2e59d9fTinderbox User When BIND is built with OpenSSL PKCS#11 support, this defaults
6b7cba2b10d6cb5363d94b434b0d22ecfb33a6f3Tinderbox User to the string "pkcs11", which identifies an OpenSSL engine
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User that can drive a cryptographic accelerator or hardware service
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User module. When BIND is built with native PKCS#11 cryptography
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt (--enable-native-pkcs11), it defaults to the path of the PKCS#11
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt provider library specified via "--with-pkcs11".
260e8e04b0dc24cb884c789b5d9eb046457f264eTinderbox User Run the server in the foreground (i.e. do not daemonize).
1ffe3f29e3cd0d8355500e9fd34de918ad9b4a01Tinderbox User Run the server in the foreground and force all logging
260e8e04b0dc24cb884c789b5d9eb046457f264eTinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-L <em class="replaceable"><code>logfile</code></em></span></dt>
260e8e04b0dc24cb884c789b5d9eb046457f264eTinderbox User Log to the file <code class="option">logfile</code> by default
260e8e04b0dc24cb884c789b5d9eb046457f264eTinderbox User instead of the system log.
260e8e04b0dc24cb884c789b5d9eb046457f264eTinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-M <em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em></span></dt>
260e8e04b0dc24cb884c789b5d9eb046457f264eTinderbox User Sets the default memory context options. Currently
260e8e04b0dc24cb884c789b5d9eb046457f264eTinderbox User the only supported option is
260e8e04b0dc24cb884c789b5d9eb046457f264eTinderbox User <em class="replaceable"><code>external</code></em>,
1ffe3f29e3cd0d8355500e9fd34de918ad9b4a01Tinderbox User which causes the internal memory manager to be bypassed
260e8e04b0dc24cb884c789b5d9eb046457f264eTinderbox User in favor of system-provided memory allocation functions.
260e8e04b0dc24cb884c789b5d9eb046457f264eTinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>flag</code></em></span></dt>
260e8e04b0dc24cb884c789b5d9eb046457f264eTinderbox User Turn on memory usage debugging flags. Possible flags are
260e8e04b0dc24cb884c789b5d9eb046457f264eTinderbox User <em class="replaceable"><code>usage</code></em>,
1ffe3f29e3cd0d8355500e9fd34de918ad9b4a01Tinderbox User <em class="replaceable"><code>trace</code></em>,
a1ff871f78b7d907d6fc3a382beea2a640fe8423Tinderbox User <em class="replaceable"><code>record</code></em>,
a1ff871f78b7d907d6fc3a382beea2a640fe8423Tinderbox User <em class="replaceable"><code>size</code></em>, and
a1ff871f78b7d907d6fc3a382beea2a640fe8423Tinderbox User <em class="replaceable"><code>mctx</code></em>.
eb2a5f51bd5c100799d93d51c9e22666cbd64d90Tinderbox User These correspond to the ISC_MEM_DEBUGXXXX flags described in
260e8e04b0dc24cb884c789b5d9eb046457f264eTinderbox User <code class="filename"><isc/mem.h></code>.
eb2a5f51bd5c100799d93d51c9e22666cbd64d90Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>#cpus</code></em></span></dt>
3ba1f79ade054aa6a0dc5032502bcdcf357cd7bdTinderbox User Create <em class="replaceable"><code>#cpus</code></em> worker threads
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt to take advantage of multiple CPUs. If not specified,
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> will try to determine the
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt number of CPUs present and create one thread per CPU.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt If it is unable to determine the number of CPUs, a
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt single worker thread will be created.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<dt><span class="term">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></span></dt>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt Listen for queries on port <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em>. If not
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt specified, the default is port 53.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt Write memory usage statistics to <code class="filename">stdout</code> on exit.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt This option is mainly of interest to BIND 9 developers
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt and may be removed or changed in a future release.
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-S <em class="replaceable"><code>#max-socks</code></em></span></dt>
7e71f05d8643aca84914437c900cb716444507e4Tinderbox User Allow <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to use up to
7e71f05d8643aca84914437c900cb716444507e4Tinderbox User <em class="replaceable"><code>#max-socks</code></em> sockets.
7e71f05d8643aca84914437c900cb716444507e4Tinderbox User The default value is 4096 on systems built with default
7e71f05d8643aca84914437c900cb716444507e4Tinderbox User configuration options, and 21000 on systems built with
7e71f05d8643aca84914437c900cb716444507e4Tinderbox User "configure --with-tuning=large".
7e71f05d8643aca84914437c900cb716444507e4Tinderbox User<div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt This option should be unnecessary for the vast majority
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User The use of this option could even be harmful because the
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User specified value may exceed the limitation of the
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt underlying system API.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt It is therefore set only when the default configuration
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt causes exhaustion of file descriptors and the
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt operational environment is known to support the
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt specified number of sockets.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt Note also that the actual maximum number is normally a little
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt fewer than the specified value because
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reserves some file descriptors
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User for its internal use.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User to <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em> after
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt processing the command line arguments, but before
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt reading the configuration file.
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User<div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt This option should be used in conjunction with the
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <code class="option">-u</code> option, as chrooting a process
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt running as root doesn't enhance security on most
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt systems; the way <code class="function">chroot(2)</code> is
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt defined allows a process with root privileges to
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User escape a chroot jail.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<dt><span class="term">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>#listeners</code></em></span></dt>
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User Use <em class="replaceable"><code>#listeners</code></em>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt worker threads to listen for incoming UDP packets on each
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt address. If not specified, <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> will
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt calculate a default value based on the number of detected
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt CPUs: 1 for 1 CPU, 2 for 2-4 CPUs, and the number of
76cf91b5df7a1bc450afcb9ce7585c61bb87de68Tinderbox User detected CPUs divided by 2 for values higher than 4.
1700442a7751c2bbdafe2d039cebbd8316496957Tinderbox User If <code class="option">-n</code> has been set to a higher value than
1700442a7751c2bbdafe2d039cebbd8316496957Tinderbox User the number of detected CPUs, then <code class="option">-U</code> may
1700442a7751c2bbdafe2d039cebbd8316496957Tinderbox User be increased as high as that value, but no higher.
1700442a7751c2bbdafe2d039cebbd8316496957Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-u <em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em></span></dt>
1700442a7751c2bbdafe2d039cebbd8316496957Tinderbox User to <em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em> after completing
1700442a7751c2bbdafe2d039cebbd8316496957Tinderbox User privileged operations, such as creating sockets that
1700442a7751c2bbdafe2d039cebbd8316496957Tinderbox User listen on privileged ports.
1700442a7751c2bbdafe2d039cebbd8316496957Tinderbox User<div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User On Linux, <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> uses the kernel's
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt capability mechanism to drop all root privileges
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User except the ability to <code class="function">bind(2)</code> to
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User privileged port and set process resource limits.
a1ff871f78b7d907d6fc3a382beea2a640fe8423Tinderbox User Unfortunately, this means that the <code class="option">-u</code>
a1ff871f78b7d907d6fc3a382beea2a640fe8423Tinderbox User option only works when <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> is
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt on kernel 2.2.18 or later, or kernel 2.3.99-pre3 or
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt later, since previous kernels did not allow privileges
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt to be retained after <code class="function">setuid(2)</code>.
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User Report the version number and exit.
a1ff871f78b7d907d6fc3a382beea2a640fe8423Tinderbox User Report the version number and build options, and exit.
a1ff871f78b7d907d6fc3a382beea2a640fe8423Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-X <em class="replaceable"><code>lock-file</code></em></span></dt>
3241ddcf9354c5ab50f4df5a656e72a5c68e172bTinderbox User Acquire a lock on the specified file at runtime; this
3241ddcf9354c5ab50f4df5a656e72a5c68e172bTinderbox User helps to prevent duplicate <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> instances
3241ddcf9354c5ab50f4df5a656e72a5c68e172bTinderbox User from running simultaneously.
3241ddcf9354c5ab50f4df5a656e72a5c68e172bTinderbox User Use of this option overrides the <span><strong class="command">lock-file</strong></span>
3241ddcf9354c5ab50f4df5a656e72a5c68e172bTinderbox User option in <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
d3e2a34ffb68b51dbe4da73420b9f88e847ff4a6Tinderbox User If set to <code class="literal">none</code>, the lock file check
3241ddcf9354c5ab50f4df5a656e72a5c68e172bTinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-x <em class="replaceable"><code>cache-file</code></em></span></dt>
3241ddcf9354c5ab50f4df5a656e72a5c68e172bTinderbox User Load data from <em class="replaceable"><code>cache-file</code></em> into the
3241ddcf9354c5ab50f4df5a656e72a5c68e172bTinderbox User cache of the default view.
3241ddcf9354c5ab50f4df5a656e72a5c68e172bTinderbox User<div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
3241ddcf9354c5ab50f4df5a656e72a5c68e172bTinderbox User This option must not be used. It is only of interest
3241ddcf9354c5ab50f4df5a656e72a5c68e172bTinderbox User to BIND 9 developers and may be removed or changed in a
3241ddcf9354c5ab50f4df5a656e72a5c68e172bTinderbox User future release.
3241ddcf9354c5ab50f4df5a656e72a5c68e172bTinderbox User In routine operation, signals should not be used to control
3241ddcf9354c5ab50f4df5a656e72a5c68e172bTinderbox User the nameserver; <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> should be used
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt Force a reload of the server.
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User Shut down the server.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt The result of sending any other signals to the server is undefined.
e2b184f84e846bbcb764b6f0aef5dcd583d3d7a1Tinderbox User<a name="id2683048"></a><h2>CONFIGURATION</h2>
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User The <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file is too complex
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User to describe in detail here. A complete description is provided
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> inherits the <code class="function">umask</code>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt (file creation mode mask) from the parent process. If files
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt created by <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>, such as journal files,
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt need to have custom permissions, the <code class="function">umask</code>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt should be set explicitly in the script used to start the
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> process.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code></span></dt>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt The default configuration file.
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">/var/run/named/named.pid</code></span></dt>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt The default process-id file.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named-checkconf</span>(8)</span>,
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</span>(8)</span>,
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rndc</span>(8)</span>,
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">lwresd</span>(8)</span>,
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named.conf</span>(5)</span>,
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
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