Administering the Name Service
The rndc command enables you to administer the named
service. The service is administered locally. If the service is configured in the
controls section of the /etc/named.conf file, then you can
also use the command line to manage named remotely. To prevent unauthorized
access to the service, rndc must be configured to listen on the
selected port (by default, port 953), and both named and rndc must have
access to the same key. To generate a suitable key, use the
rndc-confgen command:
sudo rndc-confgen -a
The command creates the /etc/rndc.key file.
Check the status of the named service as
follows:
sudo rndc statusnumber of zones: 3
debug level: 0
xfers running: 0
xfers deferred: 0
soa queries in progress: 0
query logging is OFF
recursive clients: 0/1000
tcp clients: 0/100
server is up and running If you change the named configuration file or zone files, the
rndc reload command instructs named to reload the
files:
sudo rndc reload
For more information, see the named(8),
rndc(8) and rndc-confgen(8)
manual pages.