named and sig -HUP ?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <cb6psk$10b4$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Barry Finkel <b19141 at achilles.ctd.anl.gov> wrote:

> Per Jørgensen <pej at combox.dk> wrote:
> > hey all
> 
> > does named empty its cache on a sig -HUP ? or does it just reread the
> > configuration files ?
> 
> I thought that sig -HUP was depricated for BIND 8 and BIND 9.  Use
> ndc (8) or rndc (9) to control BIND

True, but the answer to the question is independent of the particular 
mechanism you use.  sending SIGHUP is equivalent to "(r)ndc reload", and 
none of them will cause the cache to be cleared.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
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