RES: Transformation ... Slave to Master

[Barry Margolin]

In article <ddif8r$2d9l$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Paula Saito Telloli Martins <pmartins at bmf.com.br> wrote:

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> I have 2 DNS?s servers: one in my main site and the other in my backup site.
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> If I loose my main site for any reason, my secondary (slave) will answer the
> queries normally for some time (until the zonetimes expire). But I have some
> procedures as contingencies and it?s possible to execute them only from my
> Master server. Does anybody know how to find or implement a way where I can
> "transform" my slave into master server quickly ?

Go into its named.conf, change all the "type slave" lines to "type 
master", and comment out the "master { ... };" lines.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
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