restarting bind

[Nate Campi]

On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 07:15:06AM +0000, Will Yardley wrote:
> 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?

The original poster asked the difference between a restart and a reload.
A restart starts from scratch.

> >> 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?

No, it's mandatory for dumping stats, turning debugging on/off, etc. 
There's nothing suggested about it, you have to use it. Isn't that what
I said?
-- 
Nate

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