Working With Oracle® Solaris 11.2 Directory and Naming Services: DNS and NIS

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

DNS Commands and Daemons

The following table describes the commands and daemons that are associated with the DNS service.

Table 3-2  DNS Commands and Daemons
File Name
Function
/usr/bin/dns-sd
Finds or lists resources used by the mDNS service. See the dns-sd (1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/dig
Requests DNS responses from a DNS server. Often used to troubleshoot. See the dig(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/dnssec-dsfromkey
Generates a DS RR from a key file. See the dnssec-dsfromkey(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/dnssec-keyfromlabel
Retrieves selected keys from cryptographic device and builds a key file. See the dnssec-keygen(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/dnssec-keygen
Creates keys and key files for secure DNS and for transaction signatures (TSIG). See the dnssec-keygen(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/dnssec-signzone
Signs a DNS zone. See the dnssec-signzone(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/host
Performs simple DNS lookups, often converting host names to IP addresses or IP addresses to host names. See the host(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/named
DNS server daemon, which responds to information requests from clients. See the named(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/named-checkconf
Checks the syntax of the named.conf file. See the named(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/named-checkzone
Checks the syntax and integrity of a DNS zone file. See the named-checkzone(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/named-compilezone
Converts a DNS zone file. See the named-compilezone(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/nscfg
Legacy name service configuration utility, which imports or exports name service configuration between legacy name service configuration files and the SMF repository. See the nscfg (1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/nslookup
Deprecated: Queries the DNS server. Instead use the dig command.
/usr/sbin/nsupdate
Submits DNS update requests to a DNS server. See the nsupdate(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/rndc
Provides remote control of the DNS server daemon. See the rndc(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/rndc-confgen
Generates configuration files for the rndc command. See the rndc-confgen(1M) man page for more information.