named_dump.db, named-xfer, named.stat etc
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mon Oct 29 04:38:53 UTC 2001
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am fuzzy about DNS's system files like
> named_dump.db, named-xfer, named.stat. Are they
> automatically created in default location when name
> server is started? I was trying to change their
> location using the "options" in named.conf, but I am
> not finding the resultant files.
named-xfer is the location of the named-xfer executable.
You only need to set this if named-xfer is not in its
default locations (set at compile time).
>
> Are these files created on master servers? or only on
> slave server? or does not matter?
>
> Also, my understanding is some kind of command needed
> to issued in order for the name server to dump the
> cache to the named_dump.db file. Is this correct?
> how do I dump the cache?
ndc dumpdb (BIND 8)
rndc dumpdb (BIND 9)
ndc stats
rndc stats
>
> thanks you so much for any input.
>
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