REC_CONTROL(1)                                                                     REC_CONTROL(1)



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 AT 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.

AUTHOR
       bert hubert <bert.hubert AT netherlabs.nl>
           Author.

NOTES
        1. bert.hubert AT netherlabs.nl
           mailto:bert.hubert AT netherlabs.nl



  3.0                                     19 April 2006                            REC_CONTROL(1)