Update SOA record with nsupdate

Simon Waters Simon at wretched.demon.co.uk
Sun Nov 17 14:29:55 UTC 2002



Steve Job wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to update the values of the SOA record
> with nsupdate (refresh values, etc.).
> I don't think it is (I've tried it a few ways) but I just
> wanted to through the question out there.

It is possible. You can't delete it, just send the new value
(update add) and make sure you increase the serial number, it
gets fun if you want to change the primary DNS server, but
changing the primary DNS server name without stopping BIND is a
minority interest, it can be done.




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