NAMED.RESTART(8)

NAME
named.restart - stop and restart the name server

DESCRIPTION
This command sends a SIGKILL to the running name server and then starts a new one if /etc/sysconfig states that one should be running on this system.

BUGS
Does not check to see if the name server is actually running, and could use a stale PID cache file which may result in the death of an unrelated process.

Does not wait after killing the old server before starting a new one; since the server could take some time to die and the new one will experience a fatal error if the old one isn't gone by the time it starts, you can be left in a situation where you have no name server at all.

SEE ALSO
named(8), named.reload(8)