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1241N/A>named-checkzone</TITLE
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1241N/A><A
1241N/ANAME="AEN1"
1241N/A><SPAN
1898N/ACLASS="APPLICATION"
1354N/A>named-checkzone</SPAN
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1241N/A><DIV
1241N/ACLASS="REFNAMEDIV"
1241N/A><A
1241N/ANAME="AEN9"
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1241N/A><H2
1241N/A>Name</H2
1241N/A><SPAN
1241N/ACLASS="APPLICATION"
1241N/A>named-checkzone</SPAN
1241N/A>&nbsp;--&nbsp;zone file validity checking tool</DIV
1241N/A><DIV
1241N/ACLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
1241N/A><A
1241N/ANAME="AEN13"
1241N/A></A
1241N/A><H2
1241N/A>Synopsis</H2
1241N/A><P
1241N/A><B
1241N/ACLASS="COMMAND"
1241N/A>named-checkzone</B
1241N/A> [<TT
1241N/ACLASS="OPTION"
1241N/A>-d</TT
1241N/A>] [<TT
1241N/ACLASS="OPTION"
1241N/A>-q</TT
1241N/A>] [<TT
1241N/ACLASS="OPTION"
1439N/A>-v</TT
1241N/A>] [<TT
1241N/ACLASS="OPTION"
1241N/A>-c <TT
1241N/ACLASS="REPLACEABLE"
1241N/A><I
1241N/A>class</I
1241N/A></TT
1241N/A></TT
1241N/A>] [<TT
1241N/ACLASS="OPTION"
1241N/A>-t <TT
1241N/ACLASS="REPLACEABLE"
1241N/A><I
1241N/A>directory</I
1241N/A></TT
1241N/A></TT
1241N/A>] [<TT
1241N/ACLASS="OPTION"
1898N/A>-w <TT
1898N/ACLASS="REPLACEABLE"
1898N/A><I
1898N/A>directory</I
1898N/A></TT
1898N/A></TT
1241N/A>] {zonename} {filename}</P
1241N/A></DIV
1241N/A><DIV
1241N/ACLASS="REFSECT1"
1241N/A><A
1241N/ANAME="AEN33"
1241N/A></A
1241N/A><H2
1241N/A>DESCRIPTION</H2
1241N/A><P
1241N/A> <B
1241N/ACLASS="COMMAND"
1241N/A>named-checkzone</B
1241N/A> checks the syntax and integrity of
1241N/A a zone file. It performs the same checks as <B
1241N/ACLASS="COMMAND"
1241N/A>named</B
1241N/A>
1241N/A does when loading a zone. This makes
1241N/A <B
1241N/ACLASS="COMMAND"
1241N/A>named-checkzone</B
1241N/A> useful for checking zone
1241N/A files before configuring them into a name server.
1241N/A </P
1241N/A></DIV
1241N/A><DIV
1241N/ACLASS="REFSECT1"
1241N/A><A
1241N/ANAME="AEN39"
1241N/A></A
1241N/A><H2
1241N/A>OPTIONS</H2
1241N/A><P
1241N/A></P
1241N/A><DIV
1241N/ACLASS="VARIABLELIST"
1241N/A><DL
1241N/A><DT
1241N/A>-d</DT
1241N/A><DD
1241N/A><P
1241N/A> Enable debugging.
1241N/A </P
1241N/A></DD
1241N/A><DT
1241N/A>-q</DT
1241N/A><DD
1241N/A><P
1241N/A> Quiet mode - exit code only.
1241N/A </P
1241N/A></DD
1241N/A><DT
1241N/A>-v</DT
1241N/A><DD
1241N/A><P
1241N/A> Print the version of the <B
1241N/ACLASS="COMMAND"
1241N/A>named-checkzone</B
1241N/A>
1241N/A program and exit.
1241N/A </P
1241N/A></DD
1241N/A><DT
1241N/A>-c <TT
1241N/ACLASS="REPLACEABLE"
1241N/A><I
1241N/A>class</I
1241N/A></TT
3853N/A></DT
1988N/A><DD
1241N/A><P
1241N/A> Specify the class of the zone. If not specified "IN" is assumed.
1898N/A </P
1898N/A></DD
1241N/A><DT
1898N/A>-t <TT
1241N/ACLASS="REPLACEABLE"
1241N/A><I
1241N/A>directory</I
1241N/A></TT
1241N/A></DT
1241N/A><DD
1241N/A><P
1241N/A> chroot to <TT
1898N/ACLASS="FILENAME"
1898N/A>directory</TT
1593N/A> so that include
1241N/A directives in the configuration file are processed as if
1241N/A run by a similarly chrooted named.
1241N/A </P
1241N/A></DD
1241N/A><DT
1241N/A>-w <TT
1241N/ACLASS="REPLACEABLE"
1241N/A><I
1241N/A>directory</I
1241N/A></TT
1241N/A></DT
1241N/A><DD
1241N/A><P
1241N/A> chdir to <TT
1241N/ACLASS="FILENAME"
1241N/A>directory</TT
1898N/A> so that relative
1898N/A filenames in master file $INCLUDE directives work. This
1593N/A is similar to the directory clause in
1593N/A <TT
1593N/ACLASS="FILENAME"
1241N/A>named.conf</TT
1241N/A>.
1241N/A </P
1241N/A></DD
1241N/A><DT
1241N/A>zonename</DT
1593N/A><DD
1593N/A><P
1241N/A> The domain name of the zone being checked.
1241N/A </P
1241N/A></DD
1241N/A><DT
1241N/A>filename</DT
1241N/A><DD
1593N/A><P
1593N/A> The name of the zone file.
1241N/A </P
1241N/A></DD
1241N/A></DL
1241N/A></DIV
1241N/A></DIV
1241N/A><DIV
1593N/ACLASS="REFSECT1"
1593N/A><A
1241N/ANAME="AEN81"
1241N/A></A
1241N/A><H2
1241N/A>RETURN VALUES</H2
1241N/A><P
1241N/A> <B
1593N/ACLASS="COMMAND"
1593N/A>named-checkzone</B
1241N/A> returns an exit status of 1 if
1241N/A errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
1241N/A </P
1241N/A></DIV
1241N/A><DIV
1241N/ACLASS="REFSECT1"
1241N/A><A
1241N/ANAME="AEN85"
1241N/A></A
1241N/A><H2
1241N/A>SEE ALSO</H2
1241N/A><P
1241N/A> <SPAN
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1241N/A><SPAN
1241N/ACLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
1898N/A>named</SPAN
1898N/A>(8)</SPAN
1593N/A>,
1593N/A <I
1593N/ACLASS="CITETITLE"
1241N/A>RFC 1035</I
1241N/A>,
1241N/A <I
1241N/ACLASS="CITETITLE"
1241N/A>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</I
1241N/A>.
1593N/A </P
1593N/A></DIV
1241N/A><DIV
1241N/ACLASS="REFSECT1"
1241N/A><A
1241N/ANAME="AEN93"
1241N/A></A
1241N/A><H2
1593N/A>AUTHOR</H2
1593N/A><P
1241N/A> Internet Software Consortium
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