BIND 9.3.0 not restarting

[Kees Plonsz]

Cezar Fistik wrote:

> Hello group,
> 
> I have a problem with BIND 9.3.0. Everything works just fine until i try
> to restart the service. When sending to it kill -HUP, named daemon just
> gets killed and not restarted. Does any body have an idea why this
> happens?
> 
> Thanks,
> Cezar

That same thing happens here (FreeBSD-5.3)      

The manual says:

In  routine  operation, signals should not be used to control the
 name-server; rndc should be used instead.