Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services (August 2002)

Appendix C
BIND 8.1 Enhanced Features
BIND 8 Highlights
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[ fake-iquery yes_or_no; ]
[ fetch-glue yes_or_no; ]
[ host-statistics yes_or_no; ]
[ multiple-cnames yes_or_no; ]
[ notify yes_or_no; ]
[ recursion yes_or_no; ]
[ forward ( only | first ); ]
[ forwarders { [ in_addr ; [ in_addr ; ... ] ] }; ]
[ check-names ( master | slave | response ) ( warn | fail | ignore); ]
[ allow-query { address_match_list }; ]
[ allow-transfer { address_match_list }; ]
[ listen-on [ port ip_port ] { address_match_list }; ]
[ query-source [ address ( ip_addr | * ) ]
[ port ( ip_port | * ) ] ; ]
[ max-transfer-time-in number; ]
[ transfer-format ( one-answer | many-answers ); ]
[ transfers-in number; ]
[ transfers-out number; ]
[ transfers-per-ns number; ]
[ coresize size_spec ; ]
[ datasize size_spec ; ]
[ files size_spec ; ]
[ stacksize size_spec ; ]
[ cleaning-interval number; ]
[ interface-interval number; ]
[ statistics-interval number; ]
[ topology { address_match_list }; ]
};
Definition and Use
The options statement sets up global options to be used by BIND. This statement may appear at only once in
a configuration file; if more than one occurrence is found, the first occurrence determines the actual options
used, and a warning will be generated. If there is no options statement, an options block with each option set
to its default will be used.
Pathnames
directory The working directory of the server. Any non-absolute pathnames in the
configuration file will be taken as relative to this directory. The default
location for most server output files, for example, “named.run” is this
directory. If a directory is not specified, the working directory defaults to
“.”, the directory from which the server was started. The directory
specified should be an absolute path.
named-xfer The pathname to the named-xfer program that the server uses for
inbound zone transfers. If not specified, the default is system dependent
for example, “/usr/sbin/named-xfer”.
dump-file The pathname of the file the server dumps the database to when it
receives SIGINT signal (ndc dumpdb). If not specified, the default is
“named_dump.db”.
memstatistics-file The pathname of the file the server writes memory usage statistics to on
exit, if deallocate-on-exit is yes. If not specified, the default is
“named.memstats”.
pid-file The pathname of the file the server writes its process ID in. If not
specified, the default is operating system dependent, but is usually
“/var/run/named.pid” or “/etc/named.pid”. The pid-file is used by
programs like “ndc” that want to send signals to the running nameserver.