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.\" Portions Copyright (c) 2010, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

.SH NAME

named-checkzone, named-compilezone \- zone file validity checking or converting tool

.SH SYNOPSIS

.LP

.nf

\fBnamed-checkzone\fR [\fB-Ddhjqv\fR] [\fB-c\fR \fIclass\fR] [\fB-F\fR \fIformat\fR] [\fB-f\fR \fIformat\fR]

     [\fB-i\fR \fImode\fR] [\fB-k\fR \fImode\fR] [\fB-M\fR \fImode\fR] [\fB-m\fR \fImode\fR] [\fB-n\fR \fImode\fR]

     [\fB-o\fR \fIfilename\fR] [\fB-S\fR \fImode\fR] [\fB-s\fR \fIstyle\fR] [\fB-t\fR \fIdirectory\fR]

     [\fB-W\fR \fImode\fR] [\fB-w\fR \fIdirectory\fR] \fIzonename\fR \fIfilename\fR

.fi

.LP

.nf

\fBnamed-compilezone\fR [\fB-Ddjqv\fR] [\fB-C\fR \fImode\fR] [\fB-c\fR \fIclass\fR] [\fB-F\fR \fIformat\fR]

     [\fB-f\fR \fIformat\fR] [\fB-i\fR \fImode\fR] [\fB-k\fR \fImode\fR] [\fB-m\fR \fImode\fR] [\fB-n\fR \fImode\fR]

     [\fB-o\fR \fIfilename\fR] [\fB-s\fR \fIstyle\fR] [\fB-t\fR \fIdirectory\fR]

     [\fB-W\fR \fImode\fR] [\fB-w\fR \fIdirectory\fR] \fIzonename\fR \fIfilename\fR

.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION

.sp

.LP

.sp

.LP

.SH OPTIONS

.sp

.LP

For either or both utilities, the following options are supported:

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-c\fR \fIclass\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

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

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-D\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Dump zone file in canonical format.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-d\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Enable debugging.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-F\fR \fIformat\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Specify the format of the output file specified. Possible formats are \fBtext\fR (default) and \fBraw\fR. For \fBnamed-checkzone\fR, this does not cause any effects unless it dumps the zone contents.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-f\fR \fIformat\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Specify the format of the zone file. Possible formats are \fBtext\fR (default) and \fBraw\fR.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-h\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Display usage message for \fBnamed-checkzone\fR.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-i\fR \fImode\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Perform post-load zone integrity checks. Possible modes are \fBfull\fR (default), \fBfull-sibling\fR, \fBlocal\fR, \fBlocal-sibling\fR, and \fBnone\fR.

.sp

Mode \fBfull\fR checks that MX records refer to the A or AAAA record (both in-zone and out-of-zone hostnames). Mode \fBlocal\fR checks only MX records that refer to in-zone hostnames.

.sp

Mode \fBfull\fR checks that SRV records refer to the A or AAAA record (both in-zone and out-of-zone hostnames). Mode \fBlocal\fR checks only SRV records that refer to in-zone hostnames.

.sp

Mode \fBfull\fR checks that delegation NS records refer to A or AAAA record (both in-zone and out-of-zone hostnames). It also checks that glue address records in the zone match those advertised by the child. Mode \fBlocal\fR checks only NS records that refer to in-zone hostnames or check that some required glue exists, that is, when the nameserver is in a child zone.

.sp

Mode \fBfull-sibling\fR and \fBlocal-sibling\fR disable sibling glue checks, but are otherwise the same as \fBfull\fR and \fBlocal\fR, respectively.

.sp

Mode \fBnone\fR disables the checks.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-k\fR \fImode\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Perform "check-name" checks with the specified failure mode. Possible modes are \fBfail\fR (default for \fBnamed-compilezone\fR), \fBwarn\fR (default for \fBnamed-checkzone\fR) and \fBignore\fR.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-j\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Read the journal, if it exists, when loading the zone file.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-M\fR \fImode\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Check if an MX record refers to a \fBCNAME\fR. Possible modes are \fBfail\fR, \fBwarn\fR (default) and \fBignore\fR.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-m\fR \fImode\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Specify whether MX records should be checked to see if they are addresses. Possible modes are \fBfail\fR, \fBwarn\fR (default) and \fBignore\fR.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-n\fR \fImode\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Specify whether NS records should be checked to see if they are addresses. Possible modes are \fBfail\fR (default for \fBnamed-compilezone\fR), \fBwarn\fR (default for \fBnamed-checkzone\fR) and \fBignore\fR.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-o\fR \fIfilename\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Write zone output to \fIfilename\fR. If filename is \fB-\fR (a hyphen), then write to standard out. The hyphen mandatory for \fBnamed-compilezone\fR

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-q\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Run in quiet mode, reporting only the exit status.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-S\fR \fImode\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Check if a SRV record refers to a \fBCNAME\fR. Possible modes are \fBfail\fR, \fBwarn\fR (default) and \fBignore\fR.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-s\fR \fIstyle\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Specify the style of the dumped zone file. Possible styles are \fBfull\fR (default) and \fBrelative\fR. The \fBfull\fR format is most suitable for processing automatically by a separate script. The \fBrelative\fR format is more human-readable and is thus suitable for editing by hand. For \fBnamed-checkzone\fR this option does not cause any effects unless it dumps the zone contents. It also has no effect if the output format is not text.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-t\fR \fIdirectory\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

\fBchroot\fR to directory so that include directives in the configuration file are processed as if run by a similarly \fBchroot\fRed \fBnamed\fR.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-v\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Print the version of the \fBnamed-checkzone\fR program and exit.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-W\fR \fImode\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

Specify whether to check for non-terminal wildcards. Non-terminal wildcards are almost always the result of a failure to understand the wildcard matching algorithm (RFC 1034). Possible modes are \fBwarn\fR (default) and \fBignore\fR.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB-w\fR \fIdirectory\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

\fBchdir\fR to \fIdirectory\fR so that relative filenames in master file \fB$INCLUDE\fR directives work. This is similar to the directory clause in \fBnamed.conf\fR.

.RE

.SH OPERANDS

.sp

.LP

The following operands are supported:

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fIfilename\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

The name of the zone file.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fIzonename\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

The domain name of the zone being checked.

.RE

.SH EXIT STATUS

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB0\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

No errors were detected.

.RE

.sp

.ne 2

.mk

.na

\fB\fB1\fR\fR

.ad

.sp .6

.RS 4n

An error was detected.

.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES

.sp

.LP

See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

.sp

.sp

.TS

tab() box;

cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 

lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 

.

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE

_

Availabilityservice/network/dns/bind

_

Interface StabilityVolatile

.TE

.SH SEE ALSO

.sp

.LP

.sp

.LP

\fIRFC 1035\fR

.sp

.LP

See the BIND 9 \fIAdministrator's Reference Manual\fR. As of the date of publication of this man page, this document is available at https://www.isc.org/software/bind/documentation\&.