NAME
named-checkzone — zone validity checking tool
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/named-checkzone
[-c
class]
[-dq]
zone
[filename]
DESCRIPTION
named-checkzone
is a tool for performing integrity checks on the zone contents.
It uses the same integrity checks as
named.
It mainly checks for syntax errors and also the RR type.
Options
- -c class
This option is used to specify the class of the zone.
- -d
This option is used to enable debugging.
- -q
This option is used to enable quiet mode for exit code only.
Operands
- zone
This option specifies the zone whose contents is to be checked.
- filename
This option specifies the file that should be used for checking the
zone contents.
If
filename
is not specified, it defaults to the file with
the zone name. For this to work, the filename for the zone in the
zone
directive of the
named.conf
file must be identical to the zone name.
RETURN VALUE
named-checkzone
returns:
- 0
Success.
- 1
Errors are detected.
EXAMPLES
$ named-checkzone -d text.domain db.domain
AUTHOR
named-checkzone
was developed by ISC (Internet Software Consortium).
