Process name for rndc

[Ryan Bernard]

Hi

Anybody know what is the process / daemon name for rndc? Will the pid be called rndc.pid in /var/run/ ?

Thanks in advance~

[Autocross.US]

This should help:
http://docs.hp.com/en/B3921-90010/rndc.1.html

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

This is part of the DNS/Bind group of daemons.

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/pdf/5969-4360.pdf

http://marc.info/?l=bind-announce&m=104674495710810&w=2

I think it should be controlled by named and named as such.

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[Ryan Bernard]

Thanks for your help~! But don't think the name of the rndc process is found in the links.

For named, it will be named.pid in /var/run/ . Not too sure about rndc.

[Heironimus · Accepted solution]

rndc is a command used to control a daemon, not a daemon itself. rndc is used to control a running copy of named. The process name during its (very brief) run time will simply be "rndc" and it won't have a PID file because it will exit as soon as it's done.

[Ryan Bernard]

Thanks for the information. The reason I asking is because if the rndc hang, I will need to do a tusc for troubleshooting purposes. So need to know where to find the process ID.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Best place to find the PID is in the ps -ef listing.

ps -ef | grep named

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[Heironimus]

You'll have to use ps and grep to get the PID. rndc sends commands to named over TCP and then exits. If it's hanging it may be waiting for the connection to open.

[Ryan Bernard]

So when executing rndc, it won't show up in ps -ef |grep rndc?

[Dennis Handly]

>when executing rndc, it won't show up in ps -ef |grep rndc?

When a process executes, it should show up in ps(1), unless it is finishes quickly. See rndc(1):
http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60130/rndc.1.html

[Ryan Bernard]

Thanks to all~!