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>'
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