"reset" a serial number

[Dave Daniels]

> See http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/docs/config_hints.html
>
> 2999041401 -> 851557752 -> 2000052400
config_hints.html says addition, but this is subtraction. I don't quite
understand. What does adding 2147483647 to the serial do?

>
> Note after each transition wait for the slaves to catch up.
> Also if the slaves are really old BIND servers the first
> transition will fail.
>
> Mark
>
> > Is it possible to reset a serial number? I always use CCYYMMDD## for a
> > serial number but some dumbass went and used a "CCYY" well into the
> > future. I want to be able to "reset" this back to a sane date.
> >
> > current serial # 2999041401
> > preferred serial # 2000052400
> >
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