named-checkzone(1)named-checkzone(1)NAMEnamed-checkzone - zone validity checking tool
SYNOPSIS
class] mode] mode] outfile] directory] directory] zonename [filename]
DESCRIPTION
is a tool for performing integrity checks on the zone contents. It
uses the same integrity checks as the daemon when loading a zone. This
makes useful for checking zone files before configuring them into a
name server. Zones and zone files are described in named.conf(4).
Options
Specify the class of the zone.
Dump the zone file in canonical format.
Enable debugging.
Read the journal (if it exists) when loading the zone file.
Perform checks with the specified failure mode. Possible modes are
(default), and The option is described in named.conf(4).
Specify whether NS records should be checked to see if they are
addresses.
Possible modes are (default), and
Write zone output to
outfile .
Enable quiet mode for exit code only.
Print the version of
and exit.
Change to directory (see chdir(2)) so that relative file names in mas‐
ter file directives work This is similar to the clause in
Operands
filename The file to use for checking the zone contents. The default
is the file with the zone name. For the default to work, the
file name for the zone in the statement of the file must be
identical to the zone name.
zonename The zone whose contents are to be checked.
RETURN VALUE
sets the exit status to:
Success.
Errors were detected.
EXAMPLES
To perform integrity checks on zone in the zone file and display debug
information:
AUTHOR
was developed by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC).
SEE ALSOnamed(1M), chdir(2), named.conf(4).
Requests for Comments (RFC): 1035, available online at
available online at
available from the Internet Systems Consortium at
BIND 9.3 named-checkzone(1)