[cobalt-users] [RaQ] How to make a slave nameserver detect new zones?

["Per M Knutsen" <per.knutsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I understand that to have a nameserver to behave as a slave, all one has to
do is to copy the named.conf, edit the entries and restart named. Now, I
would also like the slave to be automatically updated whenever the master
has an entry added in named.conf. Is there a way of doing this except from
adding the new entry in the slave's named.conf? (e.g. by signed email or
manually as some people do)

That is, once a nameserver has been set-up as a slave, how can I have it
detect new zones automatically as they are added to the master?

I consulted DNS & BIND on this (pp.85-89) but it appears to only cover
synchronization of exisiting zones. Is what I request not a feature of BIND?

Any advice/sharing of experience/suggested methods welcomed.



Per M Knutsen
http://nethut.no/~pknutsen