Logging activity

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Fri Aug 31 19:04:36 UTC 2001


those who know me have no need of my name wrote:

> <9mm1v0$9kp at pub3.rc.vix.com> divulged:
>
> >How can I log the exact activity of bind 8, e.g. all querys from and to
> >all server/clients?
>
> see the logging section of: the named.conf man page, the operators guide,
> or `the book.'
>
> >Is there a way to optimize bind, e.g. make it faster,
>
> don't do a lot of logging.  this doesn't make bind itself slower, but it
> will slow your system (somewhat) which has the effect of having less cpu
> available for bind.
>
> >make it using less memory?
>
> start bind with a data size limit, e.g., from init using `respawn.'

Huh? What does starting named directly from init have to do with data size
limits? You can set data size limits directly within named.conf, or you
could set them in whatever rc script starts named. Setting named as
"respawn" might backfire badly if there's some persistent error that causes
named to crash (although most modern init's will eventually stop trying to
respawn it).


- Kevin




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