named-checkzone(1M)					  System Administration Commands				       named-checkzone(1M)

NAME

       named-checkzone - zone file validity checking tool

SYNOPSIS

       named-checkzone [-djqv] [-c class] [-k mode] [-n mode]
	    [-o filename] [-t directory] [-w directory] [-D]
	    zonename filename

DESCRIPTION

       The  named-checkzone  utility  checks the syntax and integrity of a zone file. It performs the same checks as named(1M) does when loading a
       zone. The named-checkzone utility is useful for checking zone files before configuring them into a name server.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -c class        Specify the class of the zone. If not specified, "IN" is assumed.

       -d	       Enable debugging.

       -D	       Dump zone file in canonical format.

       -k mode	       Perform "check-name" checks with the specified failure mode. Possible modes are "fail", "warn" (the default) and "ignore".

       -j	       Read the journal, if it exists, when loading the zone file.

       -n mode	       Specify whether NS records should be checked to see if they are addresses. Possible modes are "fail", "warn" (the  default)
		       and "ignore".

       -o filename     Write zone output to filename.

       -q	       Run in quiet mode, reporting only the exit status.

       -t directory    chroot  to  directory  so that include directives in the configuration file are processed as if run by a similarly chrooted
		       named.

       -v	       Print the version of the named-checkzone program and exit.

       -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.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       filename    The name of the zone file.

       zonename    The domain name of the zone being checked.

EXIT STATUS

       0    No errors were detected.

       1    An error was detected.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWbind			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       named(1M), named-checkconf(1M), attributes(5)

       RFC 1035

       BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual, available on the ISC web site.

SunOS 5.11							    24 Dec 2008 					       named-checkzone(1M)