Or you could> kill -HUP named Then > tail -50 /var/log/messages (if you have daemon msges to log into messages) Should display named version number when it restarts.
Chris -----Original Message----- From: Tony Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2002 11:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SLUG] bind version On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 11:52, Ben Donohue wrote: > Thanks Slugs, > however I *DID* RTFM and the -v option is not there! > > it also gives an error when i do > named -v > it just gives the options. it's possibly running debian i think. > uname doesn't give any clues > > any other ideas? Well, if its running deb, did you do the other thing I suggested (dpkg -L | egrep bind)? If you want a real hack, try this tgreen@flute:~$ strings /usr/sbin/named | egrep version | less dns_db_newversion dns_db_closeversion dns_db_currentversion versions dbversion != ((void *)0) version IXFR version not in journal, falling back to AXFR version "9.2.0"; version Once again shows the version is 9.2.0, though I'd recommend the dpkg option first -- Tony Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tel : +61-(0)2-9500-9996 Mobile : +61-(0)4-2521-9996 GnuPG Key : 1024D/B5657C8B Key fingerprint = 9ED8 59CC C161 B857 462E 51E6 7DFB 465B B565 7C8B -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug ********************************************************************* The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank You. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
