Serial Number question

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm new to this newsgroup, and so please pardon me if I'm asking
> duplicated question here.
> 
> Using BIND, we have been encouraged to run a serial number system where
> we use the date and number of times the DB file has been edited. For
> instance, today, the first time I'm editing a particular db file, I
> would use the serial number 2001012401.
> 
> If I were running a Primary DNS server, and accidentally entered a
> larger serial number (exmaple : for the above mentioned serial, assume
> I entered the serial number wrongly as 3001012401 instead of
> 2001012401), and did a ndc reload. A few days later, I noticed the
> error when subsequent changes cannot be updated because I kept back to
> 2001XXXXXX format.
> 
> Now the question is... how do I reset the serial number back to what it
> is supposed to be?
> 
> Any tips? :)

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