Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 23:51:40 +0100 From: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> To: fbsdq <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MX freebsd Message-ID: <20051126225140.GA991@lothlorien.nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <4388A23E.8080208@grokking.org> References: <20051120105719.19460df6.dick@nagual.st> <cone.1132965821.647439.5396.5001@35st-server.simplicato.com> <200511251553.17891.akbeech@gmail.com> <6.2.3.4.2.20051125171610.02addb80@cobalt.antimatter.net> <4388A23E.8080208@grokking.org>
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On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:58:22 -0800 Greg Maruszeczka <greg@grokking.org> wrote: > Glenn Dawson wrote: > > Actually, the serial number is only used by the slave servers for a > > particular zone to decide whether or not a zone transfer is needed. > > I don't think that's entirely true. The serial number is also used by > named internally to determine whether to reload your zones, and hence, > to make the actual change in memory. AFAIK if you don't update the > serial number the change won't take effect. > Of course, the serial number change ALSO signals to slaves that they > need to update their copies. Just to let you all know it all worked out OK. And, yes, sure I did update the serial numbers in the zonefiles. I always do that after (how minor) a change.. Thanks everyone for thinking along. -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 6.0 +++ The Power to Serve
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