Provided by: pdns-recursor_3.5.3-1ubuntu0.1_amd64
NAME
rec_control - control pdns_recursor
SYNOPSIS
rec_control [--help] [--socket-dir] [--socket-pid] command ..
DESCRIPTION
rec_control(1) allows the operator to control a running instance of the pdns_recursor. The commands that can be passed to the recursor are described on http://doc.powerdns.com/rec-control.html
EXAMPLES
To stop the recursor by hand, run: # rec_control quit To dump the cache to disk, execute: # rec_control dump-cache /tmp/the-cache
OPTIONS
--help provide this helpful message --socket-dir Where the controlsocket will live --socket-pid When running in SMP mode, pid of pdns_recursor to control --timeout Number of seconds to wait for the remote PowerDNS Recursor to respond. Set to 0 for infinite.
COMMANDS
dump-cache filename Dumps the entire cache to the filename mentioned. This file should not exist already, PowerDNS will refuse to overwrite it. While dumping, the recursor will not answer questions. get statistic Retrieve a statistic. For items that can be queried, see http://doc.powerdns.com/recursor-stats.html get-all Retrieve all known statistics. ping Check if server is alive. quit Request shutdown of the recursor reload-zones Reload authoritative and forward zones. Retains current configuration in case of errors. top-remotes Shows the top-20 most active remote hosts. Statistics are over the last remotes-ringbuffer-entries queries, which defaults to 0. wipe-cache domain0 [domain1] Wipe entries from the cache. This is useful if, for example, an important server has a new IP address, but the TTL has not yet expired. Multiple domain names can be passed. Note that you must terminate a domain with a .! So to wipe powerdns.org, issue rec_control wipe-cache powerdns.org.. Versions beyond 3.1 don’t need the trailing dot. Consider not only wiping www.domain.com. but also domain.com., as the cached nameservers or target of CNAME may continue to be undesired.
BUGS
None known. File new ones at http://wiki.powerdns.com.
AUTHOR
Written by PowerDNS.COM BV, bert hubert, <bert.hubert@netherlabs.nl[1]>
RESOURCES
Website: http://wiki.powerdns.com, http://www.powerdns.com
SEE ALSO
pdns_recursor(1)
COPYING
Copyright © 2006 PowerDNS.COM BV. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.
NOTES
1. bert.hubert@netherlabs.nl mailto:bert.hubert@netherlabs.nl 3.0 09/17/2013 REC_CONTROL(1)