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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.uio.no!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!gatech!news.akorn.net!not-for-mail From: tim@akorn.net (Tim) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: DNS Serial Number Question Date: 10 Jan 1997 18:36:30 GMT Organization: Akorn Access, Inc. Lines: 9 Message-ID: <5b627e$19m$1@news.akorn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: paris.akorn.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5568 When using named.boot and creating my new www.<somedomain>.com One of the things I have to do is build the <somedomain>.db file. Why do I have to increment the serial number on this file for it to be read by the system? The reason I ask is because it is a new file, so wouldn't that get read no matter what the serial number is? Thanks in advance Tim .