how to verifie if DNS is running

dody1313 · 06-13-2008, 11:56 AM

hi guys,
i wanted to know what are the commands to verifiy if "named" is running on my red hat.
thnx in advance

eth1 · 06-13-2008, 12:05 PM

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ps aux | grep [n]amed

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lsof -i :53

Both the above commands will tell you whether named is running or not.

In Redhat you can also use the init script to check the status of a daemon,

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/etc/init.d/named status

salasi · 06-13-2008, 12:34 PM

Please note several things:

Checking whether named is running is not the same as checking whether named is configured correctly
Checking whether named is running is not the same as checking whether DNS is configured correctly for what you want to do
DNS may be configured correctly even if named is not running

so be sure that you've asked the right question!

dody1313 · 06-13-2008, 12:36 PM

oh ok
thnx a lot guys
it did helped me a lot

thxn a lot again