NAME
sig_named — send signals to the domain name server
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/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
ps(1)
if
/var/run/named.pid
does not exist.
Options
sig_named
recognizes the following command-line arguments:
- kill
Kill the name server process.
- restart
Signal the name server to reload its database.
Previous Functionality
sig_named
shipped with earlier version of BIND was used to dump the database, to
set debug levels and to obtain named statistics. The
rndc
utility can be used instead.
See
rndc(1)
for more details on its usage and options.
AUTHOR
sig_named
was developed by HP.
FILES
- /var/run/named.pid
Process ID
