restarting bind

[Jim Reid]

>>>>> "Will" == Will Yardley <william-nospam-newdream-net at no.spam.veggiechinese.net> writes:

    Will> bind v9 allows you to reload / refresh individual zones
    Will> using rndc, which is really nice if you have a lot of zones
    Will> on your machines.

Similar functionality is available in BIND8 too.

    Will> with bind 9, it's generally suggested to use rndc for
    Will> controlling named (except for starting it)

With BIND9, rndc is the *only* way of controlling the name server.