restarting bind

[Doug Barton]

Warwick Brown wrote:
> 
> is it better to use ndc restart or kill -HUP `cat /var/run/named.pid `
> (which i currently use)?
> 
> my personal belief is that the 2nd option is the best coz it doesnt reload
> every single zone (only the ones that have changed)

	Personal beliefs rarely enter into technical matters. :) The two things
you described above are entirely different. Restarting the server means
to kill the one that is running, and start a new instance. named
responds to -HUP as if ndc had sent it a 'reload' command. Reload does
actually examine each zone file, but only reloads the ones that have
changed since the last reload. 

Hope this helps.

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