NAMED-CHECKZONE(8)                   BIND9                  NAMED-CHECKZONE(8)



NAME
       named-checkzone - zone file validity checking tool

SYNOPSIS
       named-checkzone [-d] [-j] [-q] [-v] [-c class] [-k mode] [-n mode]
                       [-o filename] [-t directory] [-w directory] [-D]
                       {zonename} {filename}

DESCRIPTION
       named-checkzone checks the syntax and integrity of a zone file. It
       performs the same checks as named does when loading a zone. This makes
       named-checkzone useful for checking zone files before configuring them
       into a name server.

OPTIONS
       -d
           Enable debugging.

       -q
           Quiet mode - exit code only.

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

       -j
           When loading the zone file read the journal if it exists.

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

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

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

       -o filename
           Write zone output to filename.

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

       -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.

       -D
           Dump zone file in canonical format.

       zonename
           The domain name of the zone being checked.

       filename
           The name of the zone file.

RETURN VALUES
       named-checkzone returns an exit status of 1 if errors were detected and
       0 otherwise.

SEE ALSO
       named(8), named-checkconf(8), RFC 1035, BIND 9 Administrator Reference
       Manual.

AUTHOR
       Internet Systems Consortium

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
       Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Internet Software Consortium.



BIND9                            June 13, 2000              NAMED-CHECKZONE(8)