NAMED(8) BIND 9 NAMED(8) (NAME) named - (SYNOPSIS) named [ [-4] | [-6] ] [-c config-file] [-C] [-d debug-level] [-D string] [-E engine-name] [-f] [-g] [-L logfile] [-M option] [-m flag] [-n #cpus] [-p port] [-s] [-t directory] [-u user] [-v] [-V] ] (DESCRIPTION) named (DNS) BIND 9 ISC . DNS RFC 1033 RFC 1034 RFC 1035 . named /etc/named.conf . (OPTIONS) -4 named IPv4 IPv6 . -4 -6 () . -6 named IPv6 IPv4 . -4 -6 . -c config-file named config-file /etc/named.conf . ( directory ) config-file . -C . : named . -d debug-level (daemon) debug-level . named . -D string named . string . -E engine-name . BIND 9 OpenSSL OpenSSL (HSM) ( pkcs11) . -f ( ). -F FIPS FIPS ( ) . -g stderr . -L logfile logfile . -M option ( ) . : o fill: named --enable-developer . o nofill: fill named --enable-developer . -m flag . usage trace record. ISC_MEM_DEBUGXXXX . -n #cpus #cpus (worker thread) (CPU) . named . . -p value . value dns= DNS portnum 53 . value tls= TLS portnum 853 . value https= HTTPS portnum 443 . value http= HTTP portnum 80 . -s stdout . : BIND 9 . -t directory named directory (chroot) . : -u chroot (root) chroot chroot . -U #listeners . . -u user (setuid) user . : named (kernel capability mechanism) bind . -u named 2.2.18 2.3.99-pre3 setuid . -v . -V . -X lock-file (fatal error) . (SIGNALS) rndc <#std-iscman-rndc> . SIGHUP (reload) . SIGINT, SIGTERM . . (CONFIGURATION) named . BIND 9 (BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual) . named umask ( ) . named umask named . (FILES) /etc/named.conf . /var/run/named.pid (process- id) . (SEE ALSO) RFC 1033 , RFC 1034 , RFC 1035 , named-checkconf(8) <#std-iscman-named-checkconf>, named-checkzone(8) <# std-iscman-named-checkzone>, rndc(8) <#std-iscman-rndc>, named.conf(5) <#std-iscman-named.conf>, BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual. (AUTHOR) Internet Systems Consortium (COPYRIGHT) 2026, Internet Systems Consortium 9.20.27 2026-08-19 NAMED(8)