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Debugging named

When named is running incorrectly, first check /var/adm/SYSLOG for any messages. For additional information, send named one of the following signals, using killall(1M) and defining SIG as INT, ABRT, USR1, or USR2:

/etc/killall -SIG named

INT

Dumps the current database and cache to /var/tmp/named_dump.db. This dumping should indicate whether the database was loaded correctly.

ABRT

Dumps statistics data into /var/tmp/named.stats. Statistics data is appended to the file.

USR1

Turns on debugging. Each subsequent USR1 increases the debug level. There are 10 debug levels, and each prints more detailed information. A debug level of 5 is useful for debugging lookup requests. The output goes to /var/tmp/named.run.

USR2

Turns off debugging completely.

SYSLOG Messages
The nslookup Command

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