From ilug-admin@linux.ie Mon Sep 2 13:12:41 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: zzzz@localhost.netnoteinc.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phobos.labs.netnoteinc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2889F47C80 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 07:43:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phobos [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for zzzz@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 02 Sep 2002 12:43:39 +0100 (IST) Received: from lugh.tuatha.org (root@lugh.tuatha.org [194.125.145.45]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g82Aw9Z29560 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:58:09 +0100 Received: from lugh (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lugh.tuatha.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA32263; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:57:34 +0100 Received: from hawk.dcu.ie (mail.dcu.ie [136.206.1.5]) by lugh.tuatha.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA32225 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:57:16 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: lugh.tuatha.org: Host mail.dcu.ie [136.206.1.5] claimed to be hawk.dcu.ie Received: from prodigy.redbrick.dcu.ie (136.206.15.10) by hawk.dcu.ie (6.0.040) id 3D6203D300050841 for ilug@linux.ie; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:57:16 +0100 Received: by prodigy.redbrick.dcu.ie (Postfix, from userid 1023) id 3376ADA4A; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:57:16 +0100 (IST) Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:57:16 +0100 From: Philip Reynolds To: ilug@linux.ie Subject: Re: [ILUG] Serial number in hosts file Message-Id: <20020902115716.E3253@prodigy.Redbrick.DCU.IE> References: <3D735065.23921.771154@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3D735065.23921.771154@localhost>; from DERMODYR@ITCARLOW.IE on Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 11:49:56AM +0100 Sender: ilug-admin@linux.ie Errors-To: ilug-admin@linux.ie X-Mailman-Version: 1.1 Precedence: bulk List-Id: Irish Linux Users' Group X-Beenthere: ilug@linux.ie Ray Dermody's [DERMODYR@ITCARLOW.IE] 20 lines of wisdom included: > Hi All, > The serial number in our hosts files on our DNS server has gone > corrupt e.g. 2002082999999999901 should be 20002082901. > Its okay to set this back to todays date but I understand that our > secondary and terninary DNS servers will only update from the master > hosts file if the master host serial number is greater than the current > serial number in the hosts file. > Is there any way I can reset this on the secondary and terninary DNS > servers? Once you have the serial changed on the master DNS server, remove the appropiate zone(s) on your slaves, and refresh your DNS servers. Bind has a special case, if you set the serial to '0' I think. DNS & Bind should have something on that. -- Philip Reynolds RFC Networks tel: 01 8832063 www.rfc-networks.ie fax: 01 8832041 -- Irish Linux Users' Group: ilug@linux.ie http://www.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug for (un)subscription information. List maintainer: listmaster@linux.ie