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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
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Chapter 3: Linux Commands
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Options
-c file
Read configuration information from file instead of /etc/
named.conf.
-d debuglevel
Print debugging information. debuglevel is a number indi-
cating the level of messages printed.
-f Run named in the foreground.
-g Run named in the foreground and send all log messages to
standard error.
-n n
Specify the number of processors in a multiprocessor system.
Normally named can autodetect the number of CPUs.
-p port
Use port as the port number. Default is 53.
-t dir
Change root to specified directory after reading command
arguments but before reading the configuration file. Useful
only when running with option -u.
-u user
Set the user ID to user after completing any privileged
operations.
-v Print version, then exit.
File
/etc/named.conf
Read when named starts up.
namei
namei [options] pathname [pathname . . .]
Follow a pathname until a terminal point is found (e.g., a file,
directory, char device, etc.). If namei finds a symbolic link, it shows
the link and starts following it, indenting the output to show the
context. namei prints an informative message when the maximum
number of symbolic links has been exceeded, making it helpful for
resolving errors resulting from too ...
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