HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1M System Administration Commands N-Z (vol 4)

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sig_named(1M) sig_named(1M)
NAME
sig_named - send signals to the domain name server
SYNOPSIS
sig_named [-v][debug [+
] debug-level  dump  kill  restart  stats  trace ]
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 ps(1) if
/var/run/named.pid
does not exist.
Options
sig_named recognizes the following options and command-line arguments:
-v Verify that the name server is running before sending the signal. The verification is
done using ps (see ps(1)).
debug [+]debug-level
Set the debugging output sent to /var/tmp/named.run
to debug-level. If debug-
ging is already on, it is turned off before the debug level is set. If
+
precedes debug-
level, the current debugging level is raised by the amount indicated. If debug-level is
zero, debugging is turned off.
dump Signal the name server to dump its database. The database is dumped to
/var/tmp/named_dump.db
.
kill Kill the name server process.
restart Signal the name server to reload its database.
stats Remove the old statistics file, /var/tmp/named.stats
. Signal the name server
to dump its statistics. Show the statistics file on the standard output.
trace Toggles tracing of incoming queries to /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log.
AUTHOR
sig_named was developed by HP.
FILES
/var/run/named.pid
Process ID
/var/tmp/named.run
Debug output
/var/tmp/named_dump.db
Dump of the name server database
/var/tmp/named.stats
Nameserver statistics data
SEE ALSO
kill(1), named(1M).
HP-UX 11i Version 1: September 2005 − 1 − Hewlett-Packard Company Section 1M−−849