named Daemon

Purpose

Provides the server function for the Domain Name Protocol.

Syntax

Refer to the syntax for either the named8 or the named9 daemon.

Description

AIX® 7.1 supports only BIND version 9. By default, named links to nsupdate to nsupdate4, named-xfer to named-xfer4. To use a different version of named, you must relink the symbolic links accordingly for the named and named-xfer daemons.

For example, to use named8:

ln -fs /usr/sbin/named8 /usr/sbin/named 
ln -fs /usr/sbin/named8-xfer /usr/sbin/named-xfer

nsupdate4 can be used with named8, but nsupdate9 must be used with named9 because the security process is different. It does not matter what named-xfer is linked to when using named9 because the daemon does not use it.

Files

Item	Description
/usr/sbin/named	Contains the named daemon.
/usr/sbin/named9	Contains the named9 daemon.
/etc/resolv.conf	Specifies the use of domain name services.
/etc/services	Defines socket service assignments.
/usr/samples/tcpip/named.boot	Contains the sample named.boot file with directions for its use.
/usr/samples/tcpip/named.data	Contains the sample DOMAIN data file with directions for its use.
/usr/samples/tcpip/hosts.awk	Contains the sample awk script for converting an /etc/hosts file to an /etc/named.rev file. This file also contains directions for its use.
/usr/samples/tcpip/named.dynamic	Contains a dynamic database setup.