Red Hat script accepts several arguments and the most common are as follows:

start 

   starts named IF it is not already running

stop 

   terminates the currently running named process and starts a new named process

reload 

   uses the named management tool (rndc) ot reload the DNS database files into the server

status 

   display information about whether or not named is running

named control tools

ndc 

   for Bind ver. 8.0, name daemon control tool

rndc 

   for Bind ver. 9.0, remote named daemon control tool

Basic command listing

stop 

   stops named daemon

reload 

   reloads the named server

dumpdb 

   dumps the cache to the named_dump_db

start 

   start named (ndc only)

status 

   displays the status of named (ndc) daemon