Re: Freezing a Zone vs. Stopping the DNS Server

2021-09-29 Thread Timothe Litt
Why make manual changes to the zone file?  The zone is already dynamically updated, so the usual reasons (formatting, structure, in-line signing) don't apply. Use nsupdate to add your entries.  Named will update the zone, handle updating the serial number - an even do some validation on the record

Re: Freezing a Zone vs. Stopping the DNS Server

2021-09-29 Thread FUSTE Emmanuel via bind-users
Le 29/09/2021 à 13:41, Frank Kyosho Fallon a écrit : > Hi, > > Occasionally I need to add hosts manually to forward/reverse lookup > zones in BIND 9.16. We also have ISC DHCP. Both are on a Mac Mini > using MacPorts to install. > > Since dynamic updates are continually in progress, I understand I

Freezing a Zone vs. Stopping the DNS Server

2021-09-29 Thread Frank Kyosho Fallon
Hi, Occasionally I need to add hosts manually to forward/reverse lookup zones in BIND 9.16. We also have ISC DHCP. Both are on a Mac Mini using MacPorts to install. Since dynamic updates are continually in progress, I understand I need to use *rndc** freeze zone* and *rndc** thaw zone* before and