Re: is there a way of getting back the original /etc/bind

[Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
> Gary Kline wrote:
>>
>> Can someone send me a tarball of the original /etc/bind from my
>> debian 6.0.5?  my old ubuntu server and otther hardware broke, and
>> until I can get a new Dell, I want to put back my test [Debian]
>> computer to its original state.
>
> You can do this for yourself.  Backup your existing /etc/bind (and
> possibly /var/cache/bind) directory.  Then purge bind9.  Then
> reinstall bind9.

You can also use "apt-get -o DPkg::Options::="--force-confmiss"
--reinstall install <packagename>" after moving the config files to
another directory rather than purge and re-install.