Forcing in.named to Reload DNS Data

When in.named successfully starts, the daemon writes its process ID to the file /etc/named.pid. To have in.named reread named.boot and reload the database, enter:

# kill -HUP `cat /etc/named.pid`

This will eliminate all previously cache, and the caching process will start over again.

Do not attempt to run in.named from inetd. This will continuously restart the name server and defeat the purpose of having a cache.