"Todd Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I work in a highly change controlled environment, and one of the things > that flags a change as no-go is having to restart named due to the risk > of taking down a functional server due to a misconfig. > > We have mitigated this to some extent by using rndc reloads to load new > zone info, allowing for lower risk changes to zones. However, adding > new zones is still considered high risk, as a restart of the daemon is > required. Additionally, we lose the cache, which could negatively > impact service. > > So my question is this - is it possible to add a new zone to a currently > running server and have it load?
Yes. > If there are named.conf/zonefile > typos, will that impact any currently running zones? It may. > I suspect that > rndc recofig may do what I want, however finding definitive information > about exactly what is going on, and what the risks are, is diffcult. > The googles are failing me today, or my google fu is weak. Precisely. However, run "named-checkconf" first. > ...
