How to stop named.run files from generating.

Introduction

When debugging is enabled in the /etc/named.conf file, you will often see debug files called named.run appearing in the /var/named/data directory.  It is possible to stop these from generating, and it is also safe to remove these files as needed.

Procedure

You will need to edit the following lines in the /etc/named.conf file to disable debugging.  From this,

channel default_debug {
            file "data/named.run";
            severity dynamic;
    };
};

To the following.

channel default_debug {
           null;
        };
};

Then, restart the service using the following command:

/scripts/restartsrv_named