In message <4aaf7181.4040...@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 > _______________________________________________ > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
It sounds like the zone is configured for dynamic update. Reload has no effect if the zone is configured for dynamic update. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
