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f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf<refentry>
cd3e933325e68e23516a196a8fea7f49b1e497c3Ali Bahrami <refentryinfo>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <date>June 13, 2000</date>
bfed486ad8de8b8ebc6345a8e10accae08bf2f45Ali Bahrami </refentryinfo>
bfed486ad8de8b8ebc6345a8e10accae08bf2f45Ali Bahrami
bfed486ad8de8b8ebc6345a8e10accae08bf2f45Ali Bahrami <refmeta>
bfed486ad8de8b8ebc6345a8e10accae08bf2f45Ali Bahrami <refentrytitle><application>named-checkzone</application></refentrytitle>
bfed486ad8de8b8ebc6345a8e10accae08bf2f45Ali Bahrami <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
bfed486ad8de8b8ebc6345a8e10accae08bf2f45Ali Bahrami <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
bfed486ad8de8b8ebc6345a8e10accae08bf2f45Ali Bahrami </refmeta>
bfed486ad8de8b8ebc6345a8e10accae08bf2f45Ali Bahrami
bfed486ad8de8b8ebc6345a8e10accae08bf2f45Ali Bahrami <refnamediv>
bfed486ad8de8b8ebc6345a8e10accae08bf2f45Ali Bahrami <refname><application>named-checkzone</application></refname>
bfed486ad8de8b8ebc6345a8e10accae08bf2f45Ali Bahrami <refpurpose>zone file validity checking tool</refpurpose>
bfed486ad8de8b8ebc6345a8e10accae08bf2f45Ali Bahrami </refnamediv>
bfed486ad8de8b8ebc6345a8e10accae08bf2f45Ali Bahrami
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <refsynopsisdiv>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <cmdsynopsis>
cd3e933325e68e23516a196a8fea7f49b1e497c3Ali Bahrami <command>named-checkzone</command>
cd3e933325e68e23516a196a8fea7f49b1e497c3Ali Bahrami <arg><option>-d</option></arg>
cd3e933325e68e23516a196a8fea7f49b1e497c3Ali Bahrami <arg><option>-j</option></arg>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <arg><option>-q</option></arg>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <arg><option>-v</option></arg>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <arg><option>-c <replaceable class="parameter">class</replaceable></option></arg>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <arg><option>-k <replaceable class="parameter">mode</replaceable></option></arg>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <arg><option>-n <replaceable class="parameter">mode</replaceable></option></arg>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <arg><option>-o <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></option></arg>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <arg><option>-t <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></option></arg>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <arg><option>-w <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></option></arg>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <arg><option>-D</option></arg>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <arg choice="req">zonename</arg>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <arg choice="req">filename</arg>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf </cmdsynopsis>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf </refsynopsisdiv>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <refsect1>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <para>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <command>named-checkzone</command> checks the syntax and integrity of
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf a zone file. It performs the same checks as <command>named</command>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf does when loading a zone. This makes
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <command>named-checkzone</command> useful for checking zone
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf files before configuring them into a name server.
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf </para>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf </refsect1>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <refsect1>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <title>OPTIONS</title>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <variablelist>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <varlistentry>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <term>-d</term>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <listitem>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <para>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf Enable debugging.
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf </para>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf </listitem>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf </varlistentry>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <varlistentry>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <term>-q</term>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <listitem>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf <para>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf Quiet mode - exit code only.
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf </para>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf </listitem>
f808c858fa61e7769218966759510a8b1190dfcfraf </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-v</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Print the version of the <command>named-checkzone</command>
program and exit.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-j</term>
<listitem>
<para>
When loading the zone file read the journal if it exists.
</para>
</listitem>
<varlistentry>
<term>-c <replaceable class="parameter">class</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specify the class of the zone. If not specified "IN" is assumed.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-k <replaceable class="parameter">mode</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Perform <command>"check-name"</command> checks with the specified failure mode.
Possible modes are <command>"fail"</command>,
<command>"warn"</command> (default) and
<command>"ignore"</command>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-n <replaceable class="parameter">mode</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specify whether NS records should be checked to see if they
are addresses. Possible modes are <command>"fail"</command>,
<command>"warn"</command> (default) and
<command>"ignore"</command>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-o <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Write zone output to <filename>directory</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-t <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
chroot to <filename>directory</filename> so that include
directives in the configuration file are processed as if
run by a similarly chrooted named.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-w <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
chdir to <filename>directory</filename> so that relative
filenames in master file $INCLUDE directives work. This
is similar to the directory clause in
<filename>named.conf</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-D</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Dump zone file in canonical format.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>zonename</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The domain name of the zone being checked.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>filename</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of the zone file.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>RETURN VALUES</title>
<para>
<command>named-checkzone</command> returns an exit status of 1 if
errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para>
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>named</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citetitle>RFC 1035</citetitle>,
<citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>AUTHOR</title>
<para>
<corpauthor>Internet Software Consortium</corpauthor>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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