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)