NAMED-CHECKZONE(8) BIND9 NAMED-CHECKZONE(8)
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
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
BIND9 June 13, 2000 NAMED-CHECKZONE(8)
