[isp-dns] Re: Should I have to restart BIND for updates?

[Pete Ehlke <pde-isp-dns@...]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 07:14:54AM -0800, Michael Loftis wrote:
> I believe for zones added or removed (if it was say a master or secondary) 
> you have to do a full restart (ndc reload), if you're changing only one dom 
> newer BIND can reload only the changed domain (ndc reload domain.com).
> 

A reload is *not* a 'full restart'.

If all you've done is added or removed zones from named.conf, (r)ndc
reload is overkill, as it both rereads named.conf and looks for zone
files that have been updated since they were last loaded. 

If you're just adding or removing a zone, (r)ndc reconfig is what you
want.

-P.