Bind 9 Administrator Reference Manual

Chapter 3. Nameserver Configuration
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and it had an identical key statement for rndc_key.
Running the rndc-confgen program will conveniently create a rndc.conf file for you, and also
display the corresponding controls statement that you need to add to named.conf. Alternatively,
you can run rndc-confgen -a to set up a rndc.key file and not modify named.conf at all.
3.4.2. Signals
Certain UNIX signals cause the name server to take specific actions, as described in the following table.
These signals can be sent using the kill command.
SIGHUP Causes the server to read named.conf and reload the
database.
SIGTERM Causes the server to clean up and exit.
SIGINT Causes the server to clean up and exit.
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