named.restart(8bind)

named.restart8bind

Stop and restart the name server

Overview

This command sends a SIGKILL to the running name server and then starts a new one.

Releases

Unchanged in 3 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz).

  1. 1.1–1.3

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.

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.

From bind 4.9.7-2 in Debian 1.3 (Bo). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.