Name
named-checkzone — zone file validity checking tool
Synopsis
named-checkzone [-d] [-j] [-q] [-v] [-c class] [-k mode] [-n mode] [-o filename] [-t directory] [-w directory] [-D] {zonename} {filename}
DESCRIPTION
named-checkzone checks the syntax and integrity of
a zone file. It performs the same checks as named
does when loading a zone. This makes
named-checkzone useful for checking zone
files before configuring them into a name server.
OPTIONS
- -d
Enable debugging.
- -q
Quiet mode - exit code only.
- -v
Print the version of the named-checkzone
program and exit.
- -j
When loading the zone file read the journal if it exists.
- -c
class
Specify the class of the zone. If not specified "IN" is assumed.
- -k
mode
Perform "check-names" checks with the specified failure mode.
Possible modes are "fail",
"warn" (default) and
"ignore".
- -n
mode
Specify whether NS records should be checked to see if they
are addresses. Possible modes are "fail",
"warn" (default) and
"ignore".
- -o
filename
Write zone output to filename.
- -t
directory
chroot to directory so that include
directives in the configuration file are processed as if
run by a similarly chrooted named.
- -w
directory
chdir to directory so that relative
filenames in master file $INCLUDE directives work. This
is similar to the directory clause in
named.conf.
- -D
Dump zone file in canonical format.
- zonename
The domain name of the zone being checked.
- filename
The name of the zone file.
RETURN VALUES
named-checkzone returns an exit status of 1 if
errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
SEE ALSO
named(8),
RFC 1035,
BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual.
AUTHOR
Internet Systems Consortium
