On 5/2/16, 10:17 AM, "Matthew Pounsett" <bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org on behalf of m...@conundrum.com> wrote: > > > On 2 May 2016 at 10:05, <jaso...@mail-central.com> wrote: >> General question -- >> >> When I want to change a zone file's data manually, say to add an A record, >> what's the right procedure: >> > If the zone is set up for dynamic updates, like the examples you've given, > then in order to touch the zone file directly you need to temporarily tell > BIND to stop managing the file. > > The general procedure is > 1) use 'rndc freeze <zone>' to stop dynamic updates to the zone > 2) edit the file > 3) use 'rndc thaw <zone>' to re-enable dynamic updates > > If the zone is not set up to use dynamic updates, then: > 1) edit the zone file > 2) 'rndc reload <zone>'
How about just "use nsupdate" since that's what this entire discussion was about? Once you move to dynamic zones, doing "freeze/thaw" is silly and disruptive of the update mechanism. AlanC
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