restarting bind

[Will Yardley]

In article <a7js1g$20b at pub3.rc.vix.com>, Nate Campi wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 04:43:03AM +0000, Will Yardley wrote:

>> either way, bind has to stat each file to see if it *has* changed.
> 
> At a fresh start it loads all the zones, period. There's nothing to
> compare file times to - it's starting from nothing.

we were talking about a reload, not a fresh start, no?  in order to
reload only zones that have changed, bind must compare them to the
version currently loaded, yes?

> BIND 8 still reponds to signals to control it's behavior as well as
> socket commnunications. It's not until BIND 9 that the signals are
> ignored.

bind9 still will respond to SIGHUP and SIGTERM though.

>> with bind 9, it's generally suggested to use rndc for controlling
>> named (except for starting it)
> 
> Same goes for BIND 8, usage of ndc is recommended for ease of
> administration, but the more masochistic out there can still send all
> the signals manually. Using rndc with BIND 9 is not suggested, but
> forced (if you want to reload, turn up/down debugging, or do much of
> anything beside start and stop BIND).

using rndc with bind 9 is not suggested?

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