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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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refresh zone
Refresh database information for zone.
stats
Write statistics to the statistics file (specified in /etc/named.
conf).
status
Display server status.
stop
Save any recent dynamic zone transfer updates (IXFR) to the
master files, then stop the server.
trace [debuglevel], notrace
Increase the server’s debug level by 1, or set it to the specified
debuglevel. Use the notrace command to set the level to 1.
rootflags
rootflags [option] image [flags [offset]]
System administration command. Set flags for a kernel image.Ifno
arguments are specified, print flags for the kernel image. flags is a
2-byte integer located at offset 498 in a kernel image. Currently the
only effect of flags is to mount the root filesystem in read-only
mode if flags is nonzero. You may change flags by specifying the
kernel image to change, the new flags, and the byte offset at which
to place the new information (the default is 498). Note that rdev -R
is a synonym for rootflags. If LILO is used, rootflags is not needed.
flags can be set from the LILO prompt during a boot.
Option
-o offset
Same as specifying an offset as an argument.
route
route [options] [command]
TCP/IP command. Add or remove entries in the routing tables
maintained by routed. route accepts two commands: add, to add a
route,
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