Communicator 3000 MPE/iX Release 6.0 (Platform Software Release C.60.00) (30216-90269)

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Technical Articles
DNS BIND/iX and Syslog/iX
## :TELL MANAGER.SYS
## *.err MANAGER.SYS
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## Forward to syslogd on another host via UDP
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*.warning @some.host.running.syslogd
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*.info
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## Write to a file
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*.debug /tmp/syslog.log
The error messages coming from a program are classified into critical
informative and alert types of messages. The syslog configuration file
tells the syslog daemon how to post these messages. They could be sent
to the console or to a log file, or to another machine.
Test Your Name Server
The nslookup utility can be used interactively, using nslookup much
like other programs, such as ftp. That is, if you invoke this program
without command-line arguments, it displays a prompt and waits for
your command:
> server mpe3000
Default Name Server: mpe3000.cup.hp.com Address: 15.13.199.80
By default, nslookup performs queries based on host names you submit;
just enter a host name after the prompt:
> romeo
Server: mpe3000.cup.hp.com
Address: 15.13.199.80
Name: romeo.cup.hp.com
Address: 15.13.194.242
> 15.12.194.242
Server: mpe3000.cup.hp.com
Address: 15.13.199.80
Name: romeo.cup.hp.com
Address: 15.12.194.242
You can check the resource records information about name server:
> set type=ns
> mpeworld
Name Server: mpeworld.cup.hp.com
Address: 15.13.199.80
origin = dns.cup.hp.com
mail addr = dns-admin.dns.cup.hp.com
serial = 96092255
refresh = 10800 (3 hours)
retry = 3600 (1 hour) expire = 604800 (7 days)
minimum ttl = 86400 (1 day)
Debugging Levels for Troubleshooting
Debugging levels 1 through 14 can be specified when Troubleshooting
the DNS BIND/iX server is started. The level of detail can be controlled
in the JNAMED.PUB.BIND file. The higher the debugging value, the
more detail will be logged about the activities of the server.