sig_named.1m (2010 09)

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sig_named(1M) sig_named(1M)
(BIND 9.3)
NAME
sig_named - send signals to the domain name server
SYNOPSIS
sig_named [kill|restart]
DESCRIPTION
sig_named sends the appropriate signal to the domain name server
/usr/sbin/named
. The process
ID is obtained from
/var/run/named.pid
or from the
ps command (see ps(1)) if
/var/run/named.pid
does not exist.
Operands
sig_named recognizes the following operands:
kill Kill the name server process.
restart Signal the name server to reload its database.
Previous Functionality
The
sig_named command shipped with earlier versions of BIND was used to dump the database, to set
debug levels, and to obtain named statistics. You can use the
rndc utility for that purpose instead. See
rndc(1).
AUTHOR
sig_named was developed by HP.
FILES
/var/run/named.pid
Process ID
SEE ALSO
kill(1), ps(1), rndc(1), named(1M), rndc.conf(4).
HP-UX IP Address and Client Management Administrator’s Guide, available online at
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-networking-docs
.
BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual, available from the Internet Systems Consortium at
http://www.isc.org/sw/bind/arm93
.
HP-UX 11i Version 3: September 2010 − 1 − Hewlett-Packard Company 1