Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 14:32:24 -0400 From: James FitzGibbon <james@targetnet.com> To: Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk> Cc: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@dc.ispro.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bind and the limit of serial number ??? Message-ID: <20000423143224.C26932@targetnet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004231749370.79897-100000@arnold.neland.dk> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004231709530.95505-100000@dc.ispro.net> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004231749370.79897-100000@arnold.neland.dk>
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* Leif Neland (leifn@neland.dk) [000423 13:17]: > I once put in an extra digit in the serial number. > This made a secondary use a serial number, which was larger than mine, and > could probably be the modulus 2^32. > I had to call the hostmaster there (A "3.rd secondary" hosted at our > uplink) to get the zonefile removed, so the right one would be reloaded. Just FYI: if you make the serial number of a zone '0', secondary servers (bind at least) will *always* grab the zone from the master. It's intended to fix just the situation you had; set the serial to 0, leave it that way until all the slaves have picked up the new zone, then start using the proper numbering scheme again. It wastes bandwidth for a while if you have a large number of secondaries and/or a low refresh time, but it lets you fix a type without human intervention. -- j. James FitzGibbon james@targetnet.com Targetnet.com Inc. Voice/Fax +1 416 306-0466/0452 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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