NAMED.RESTART(8) MachTen Programmer’s Manual 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.

BUGS
Does not check to see if the name server is actually run-
ning, 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)

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