Script to stop and start named

From: Jibba Jabba (trutran_at_mailexcite.com)
Date: 01/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 03:15:14 GMT

Is there a script out there that can monitor my dns server (bind) and
restart it if it's not running? I'd like to put it in a cron job so that if
it ever goes down a restart will be attempted.

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