Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 22:41:00 +0400 (MSD) From: maxim@macomnet.ru To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/28104: [PATCH] man pages for named.reload(8) and named.restart(8) are incorrect Message-ID: <200106121841.f5CIf0473372@news1.macomnet.ru>
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>Number: 28104 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] man pages for named.reload(8) and named.restart(8) are incorrect >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jun 12 11:50:04 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Maxim Konovalov >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE >Description: named.reload(8) and named.restart(8) do not send any signals to named(8), but man pages claim that. >How-To-Repeat: more /usr/sbin/named.reload /usr/sbin/named.restart man 8 ndc more /usr/src/contrib/bind/bin/ndc/ndc.c man 8 named.reload man 8 named.restart >Fix: --- named.reload.8.orig Tue Jun 12 21:32:27 2001 +++ named.reload.8 Tue Jun 12 22:09:46 2001 @@ -61,16 +61,10 @@ .Nm @INDOT@named.reload .Nd "cause the name server to synchronize its database" .Sh DESCRIPTION -This command sends a -.Dv SIGHUP -to the running name server. -This -signal is documented in -.Xr named @SYS_OPS_EXT@ . -.Sh BUGS -Does not check to see if the name server is actually running, and could -use a stale PID cache file which may result in the death of an unrelated -process. +This command runs +.Xr ndc +which reloads the running name server. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr @INDOT@named @SYS_OPS_EXT@ , -.Xr @INDOT@named.restart @SYS_OPS_EXT@ +.Xr @INDOT@named.restart @SYS_OPS_EXT@ , +.Xr @INDOT@ndc @SYS_OPS_EXT@ --- named.restart.8.orig Tue Jun 12 21:32:05 2001 +++ named.restart.8 Tue Jun 12 22:09:58 2001 @@ -61,20 +61,17 @@ .Nm @INDOT@named.restart .Nd "stop and restart the name server" .Sh DESCRIPTION -This command sends a -.Dv SIGKILL -to the running name server and then -starts a new one with the command line options specified in +This command runs +.Xr ndc +which restarts the running name server with the command line options +specified in .Xr rc.conf 5 . .Sh BUGS -Does not check to see if the name server is actually running, and could -use a stale PID cache file which may result in the death of an unrelated -process. -.Pp Does not wait after killing the old server before starting a new one; since the server could take some time to die and the new one will experience a fatal error if the old one isn't gone by the time it starts, you can be left in a situation where you have no name server at all. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr @INDOT@named @SYS_OPS_EXT@ , -.Xr @INDOT@named.reload @SYS_OPS_EXT@ +.Xr @INDOT@named.reload @SYS_OPS_EXT@ , +.Xr @INDOT@ndc @SYS_OPS_EXT@ >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the messagehome | help
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