in.tnamed

, tnamed

- DARPA trivial name server

Synopsis

/usr/sbin/in.tnamed [-v]

Description

in.tnamed is a server that supports the DARPA Name Server Protocol. The name server operates at the port indicated in the “name” service description (see services(4)), and is invoked by inetd(1M) when a request is made to the name server.

Options

-v

Invoke the daemon in verbose mode.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

See Also

svcs(1), uucp(1C), inetadm(1M), inetd(1M), svcadm(1M), services(4), attributes(5), smf(5)

Postel, Jon, Internet Name Server, IEN 116, SRI International, Menlo Park, California, August 1979.

Notes

The protocol implemented by this program is obsolete. Its use should be phased out in favor of the Internet Domain Name Service (DNS) protocol.

The in.tnamed service is managed by the service management facility, smf(5), under the service identifier:

svc:/network/tname

Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or requesting restart, can be performed using svcadm(1M). Responsibility for initiating and restarting this service is delegated to inetd(1M). Use inetadm(1M) to make configuration changes and to view configuration information for this service. The service's status can be queried using the svcs(1) command.