Modified a zone, so when it becomes available?

[Mark Andrews]

In message <4AAF7181.4040409 at isc.org>, Cathy Almond writes:
> Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago wrote:
> > El mar, 15-09-2009 a las 07:04 -0300, Leonardo Rodrigues escribi=F3:
> >> Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago escreveu:
> >>> When I modify a RR or add a new one on an existing zone, I have to
> >>> restart master server to make the change available. Is there any other
> >>> way to reload the zone without stopping bind?
> >>>
> >>> I've tried with:
> >>> 	- rdnc reload [zone]
> >>> 	- rndc reconfig [zone]
> >>> 	- rndc refresh [zone]
> >>>
> >>> Am I missing anything?
> >>>   =
> 
> >>
> >>     'rndc reload' is enough to make the zones being re-read and =
> 
> >> new/updated records available.
> >>
> >>     Problably you're missing:
> >>
> >> 1) to increment the zone serial ... if you dont do that, bind wont know =
> 
> >> you updated the zone. That's important, ALWAYS update the serial when =
> 
> >> changing/adding records;
> > =
> 
> > I always update the serial, I know little but I know this ;)
> > =
> 
> >> 2) your DNS server itself is using another DNS server which is caching =
> 
> >> the records, so cache needs to expire so new/updated records can be =
> 
> >> seen. You can have your DNS server using itself (127.0.0.1) as DNS =
> 
> >> server, that should solve if this is the problem;
> > =
> 
> > This master server is its own server, so that's not the case...
> > =
> 
> > After making changes to zone, updated serial, and rndc reload, I dig my
> > zone and get always the old serial. The serial and the changes only
> > appear when I '/etc/init.d/bind restart' it.
> > =
> 
> > I use bind 9.5.1 on debian 5.0.3.
> > =
> 
> > Any clue?
> > =
> 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > =
> 
> Are your zone file modification timestamps being updated when you make
> changes?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Cathy
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It sounds like the zone is configured for dynamic update.  Reload has
no effect if the zone is configured for dynamic update.

Mark
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