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+<div class="refentry">
<a name="man.named"></a><div class="titlepage"></div>
<div class="refnamediv">
<h2>Name</h2>
@@ -49,24 +48,24 @@
<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">-E <em class="replaceable"><code>engine-name</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-f</code>] [<code class="option">-g</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>cache-file</code></em></code>]</p></div>
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-<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2642459"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
-<p><span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>
+<div class="refsection">
+<a name="id-1.14.16.7"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
+<p><span class="command"><strong>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, <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>
+ When invoked without arguments, <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span>
will
read the default configuration file
<code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>, read any initial
data, and listen for queries.
</p>
</div>
-<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2642490"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
-<div class="variablelist"><dl>
+<div class="refsection">
+<a name="id-1.14.16.8"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
+<div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
<dt><span class="term">-4</span></dt>
<dd><p>
Use IPv4 only even if the host machine is capable of IPv6.
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@
<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
+ Debugging traces from <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> become
more verbose as the debug level increases.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">-E <em class="replaceable"><code>engine-name</code></em></span></dt>
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@
<dd><p>
Create <em class="replaceable"><code>#cpus</code></em> worker threads
to take advantage of multiple CPUs. If not specified,
- <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> will try to determine the
+ <span class="command"><strong>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.
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@
<dt><span class="term">-S <em class="replaceable"><code>#max-socks</code></em></span></dt>
<dd>
<p>
- Allow <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to use up to
+ Allow <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> to use up to
<em class="replaceable"><code>#max-socks</code></em> sockets.
</p>
<div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@
specified number of sockets.
Note also that the actual maximum number is normally a little
fewer than the specified value because
- <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reserves some file descriptors
+ <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> reserves some file descriptors
for its internal use.
</p>
</div>
@@ -208,13 +207,16 @@
<dd><p>
Use <em class="replaceable"><code>#listeners</code></em>
worker threads to listen for incoming UDP packets on each
- address. If not specified, <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> will
+ address. If not specified, <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> will
calculate a default value based on the number of detected
- CPUs: 1 for 1 CPU, 2 for 2-4 CPUs, and the number of
- detected CPUs divided by 2 for values higher than 4.
+ CPUs: 1 for 1 CPU, and the number of detected CPUs
+ minus one for machines with more than 1 CPU. This cannot
+ be increased to a value higher than the number of CPUs.
If <code class="option">-n</code> has been set to a higher value than
the number of detected CPUs, then <code class="option">-U</code> may
be increased as high as that value, but no higher.
+ On Windows, the number of UDP listeners is hardwired to 1
+ and this option has no effect.
</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">-u <em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em></span></dt>
<dd>
@@ -226,13 +228,13 @@
<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
+ On Linux, <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> uses the kernel's
capability mechanism to drop all root privileges
except the ability to <code class="function">bind(2)</code> to
a
privileged port and set process resource limits.
Unfortunately, this means that the <code class="option">-u</code>
- option only works when <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> is
+ option only works when <span class="command"><strong>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
@@ -265,14 +267,14 @@
</dd>
</dl></div>
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-<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2681466"></a><h2>SIGNALS</h2>
+<div class="refsection">
+<a name="id-1.14.16.9"></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
+ the nameserver; <span class="command"><strong>rndc</strong></span> should be used
instead.
</p>
-<div class="variablelist"><dl>
+<div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
<dt><span class="term">SIGHUP</span></dt>
<dd><p>
Force a reload of the server.
@@ -286,26 +288,26 @@
The result of sending any other signals to the server is undefined.
</p>
</div>
-<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2681585"></a><h2>CONFIGURATION</h2>
+<div class="refsection">
+<a name="id-1.14.16.10"></a><h2>CONFIGURATION</h2>
<p>
- The <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file is too complex
+ The <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> configuration file is too complex
to describe in detail here. A complete description is provided
in the
<em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
</p>
<p>
- <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> inherits the <code class="function">umask</code>
+ <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> inherits the <code class="function">umask</code>
(file creation mode mask) from the parent process. If files
- created by <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>, such as journal files,
+ created by <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span>, such as journal files,
need to have custom permissions, the <code class="function">umask</code>
should be set explicitly in the script used to start the
- <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> process.
+ <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> process.
</p>
</div>
-<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2681634"></a><h2>FILES</h2>
-<div class="variablelist"><dl>
+<div class="refsection">
+<a name="id-1.14.16.11"></a><h2>FILES</h2>
+<div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
<dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>
The default configuration file.
@@ -316,8 +318,8 @@
</p></dd>
</dl></div>
</div>
-<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2681677"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
+<div class="refsection">
+<a name="id-1.14.16.12"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<p><em class="citetitle">RFC 1033</em>,
<em class="citetitle">RFC 1034</em>,
<em class="citetitle">RFC 1035</em>,
@@ -329,11 +331,6 @@
<em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
</p>
</div>
-<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2681748"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
-<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
- </p>
-</div>
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