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 speci-
                     fied, "IN" is assumed.


     -d              Enable debugging.


     -D              Dump zone file in canonical format.


     -k mode         Perform "check-name" checks with the  speci-
                     fied   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.






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     -t directory    chroot to directory so that  include  direc-
                     tives  in  the  configuration  file are pro-
                     cessed 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.


ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWbind                    
    
     Interface Stability          External                    
    


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






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