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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news-xfer.netaxs.com!newsfeeds.sol.net!nntp.uio.no!funny.bahnhof.se!seunet!news2.swip.net!nike.volvo.se!cyklop.volvo.se!peter From: peter@cyklop.volvo.se (peter hakanson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: DNS Serial Number Question Date: 10 Jan 1997 23:19:32 GMT Organization: Volvo Corp. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <5b6iq4$nan@nike.volvo.se> References: <5b627e$19m$1@news.akorn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cyklop.volvo.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5533 The serial number is used by nameservers (both primaries and secondaries) to find out if some changes are done on the data. A primary that is restarted each time will basically ignore this But a secondary relies on this numbner to increase !! So, it is importent to use correctly! Regards peter h Tim (tim@akorn.net) wrote: : When using named.boot and creating my new www.<somedomain>.com : One of the things I have to do is build the <somedomain>.db file. Why do I have to increment the serial number on this file for it to be read by the system? The reason I ask is because it is a new file, so wouldn't that get read no matter what the serial number is? : Thanks in advance : Tim : . -- -- <peter.devnull@cyklop.volvo.se> (remove ".devnull" before use!) Peter Hakanson VolvoData Dep 2580 phone +46 31 66 74 27