When running `/etc/init.d/named reload`, the command that is run is `rndc reconfig`. However, `rndc reconfig` rereads the named.conf file and reloads new zones *only*. If I make any changes to my existing zones I have to do a `/etc/init.d/named restart` which of course shuts down the server and re-starts it, or simply write `rndc reload` in a console. I suggest that the /etc/init.d/named file be changed so that reload really does what it should do IMO, reload the zone (rndc reload instead of rndc reconfig). (This is the default behaviour on Red Hat systems, f.ex.). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
done and done, I also added "reconfig" to the init script so that you can do whichever suits you "reconfig" or "reload" through the /etc/init.d/named command (which is a bit smarter than doing it by console as it detects if rndc.key is set).
DOH, can't just add a command like I hoped, so it is just reload, no reconfig.