> > On 08/05/2008 04:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > We will be upgrading from BIND 8 to BIND 9 on Windows 2000 Server, the
> > > plan is to upgrade the secondary name server first and do the primary
> > > later (not on the same day).
> > >
> > > After upgrading the secondary, we want to make sure zone transfer from
> > > the primary (BIND 8) still works, so we will be making changes to a test
> > > zone in the primary name server (i.e. incrementing the serial number).
> > > Instead of waiting for it to happen, is it possible to force the
> > > secondary to update/refresh the zone without using rndc?
>
> On 05.08.08 16:51, Sotiris Tsimbonis wrote:
> > Remove the stored zonefiles from secondary's disk, so it will be forced
> > to re-transfer the next time it starts..
>
> Oh, sorry.
>
> rm <zonefile>
> killall -1 named
>
> should work, although rndc is more effective.
No, that won't work. Reload (kill -1) does not look at the
disk for slave zones.
If one wants to avoid using rndc then the only proceedure is:
stop named
remove the master file
start named
I would however suggest that the OP set up rndc. It works under
windows and is the best tool for controling named.
Mark
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