nsupdate for serial number!

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

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> 
> Hi,
>    I am running BIND 8.3.3 on solaris 8. I have tried nsupdate, the
>   command line tool to make dynamic updates to the zone data files.
>   It works fine but it looks like it does not change the date/month
>   values in serial number.
> 
>   I have the serial number format as YYYYMMDDNN. nsupdate increments
>   only the NN values but YYYYMMDD remains same.
> 
>   FYI, it works the same way with BIND 9.2.1 too.
> 
>   I would like to know whether this is what supported by BIND or this
>   is how it is expected to work for some reason..
>   
>   Appreciate your time for your response.
> 
> Shan
> 
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> 
	YYYYMMDDNN is a *convention* that makes serial number management
	easier for manual changes.  When you make changes via nsupdate
	the server takes over the management of the serial number.
	
	Mark
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