Re: Log question

[Ryan Waldron <rew erebor com>]

On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Paul Jacobs wrote:

> What does the below in my /var/log/messages file mean?.
> 
> Feb  2 11:04:07 ns3 named[273]: Cleaned cache of 241 RRs

Just that your named is cleaning up after itself.  Unless you turn it
of specifically, named will cache certain responses it receives during
the course of faithfully executing its duty and looking up whatever
hostnames it's asked to resolve.  However, it only keeps them some
(configurable) length of time, and periodically empties out the old
ones, and duly notes the action in the log file.

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