2014-02-19
ISC Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
named-checkzone 8 BIND9
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named-checkzone named-compilezone zone file validity checking or converting tool
`named-checkzone` `-d` `-h` `-j` `-q` `-v` `-c class` `-f format` `-F format` `-J filename` `-i mode` `-k mode` `-m mode` `-M mode` `-n mode` `-l ttl` `-L serial` `-o filename` `-r mode` `-s style` `-S mode` `-t directory` `-T mode` `-w directory` `-D` `-W mode` zonename filename `named-compilezone` `-d` `-j` `-q` `-v` `-c class` `-C mode` `-f format` `-F format` `-J filename` `-i mode` `-k mode` `-m mode` `-n mode` `-l ttl` `-L serial` `-r mode` `-s style` `-t directory` `-T mode` `-w directory` `-D` `-W mode` `-o filename` 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.

`named-compilezone` is similar to `named-checkzone`, but it always dumps the zone contents to a specified file in a specified format. Additionally, it applies stricter check levels by default, since the dump output will be used as an actual zone file loaded by `named`. When manually specified otherwise, the check levels must at least be as strict as those specified in the `named` configuration file.

## OPTIONS

-d

  Enable debugging.

-h

  Print the usage summary and exit.

-q

  Quiet mode - exit code only.

-v

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

-j

  When loading a zone file, read the journal if it exists. The journal file name is assumed to be the zone file name appended with the string `.jnl`.

-J filename

  When loading the zone file read the journal from the given file, if it exists. (Implies -j.)

-c class

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

-i mode

  Perform post-load zone integrity checks. Possible modes are `"full"` (default), `"full-sibling"`, `"local"`, `"local-sibling"` and `"none"`.

  Mode `"full"` checks that MX records refer to A or AAAA record (both in-zone and out-of-zone hostnames). Mode `"local"` only checks MX records which refer to in-zone hostnames.

  Mode `"full"` checks that SRV records refer to A or AAAA record (both in-zone and out-of-zone hostnames). Mode `"local"` only checks SRV records which refer to in-zone hostnames.

  Mode `"full"` 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 `"local"` only checks NS records which refer to in-zone hostnames or that some required glue exists, that is when the nameserver is in a child zone.

  Mode `"full-sibling"` and `"local-sibling"` disable sibling glue checks but are otherwise the same as `"full"` and `"local"` respectively.

  Mode `"none"` disables the checks.

-f format

  Specify the format of the zone file. Possible formats are `"text"` (default), `"raw"`, and `"map"`.

-F format

  Specify the format of the output file specified. For `named-checkzone`, this does not cause any effects unless it dumps the zone contents.

  Possible formats are `"text"` (default), which is the standard textual representation of the zone, and `"map"`, `"raw"`, and `"raw=N"`, which store the zone in a binary format for rapid loading by `named`. `"raw=N"` specifies the format version of the raw zone file: if N is 0, the raw file can be read by any version of `named`; if N is 1, the file can be read by release 9.9.0 or higher; the default is 1.

-k mode

  Perform `"check-names"` checks with the specified failure mode. Possible modes are `"fail"` (default for `named-compilezone`), `"warn"` (default for `named-checkzone`) and `"ignore"`.

-l ttl

  Sets a maximum permissible TTL for the input file. Any record with a TTL higher than this value will cause the zone to be rejected. This is similar to using the `max-zone-ttl` option in `named.conf`.

-L serial

  When compiling a zone to "raw" or "map" format, set the "source serial" value in the header to the specified serial number. (This is expected to be used primarily for testing purposes.)

-m mode

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

-M mode

  Check if a MX record refers to a CNAME. 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"` (default for `named-compilezone`), `"warn"` (default for `named-checkzone`) and `"ignore"`.

-o filename

  Write zone output to `filename`. If `filename` is `-` then write to standard out. This is mandatory for `named-compilezone`.

-r mode

  Check for records that are treated as different by DNSSEC but are semantically equal in plain DNS. Possible modes are `"fail"`, `"warn"` (default) and `"ignore"`.

-s style

  Specify the style of the dumped zone file. Possible styles are `"full"` (default) and `"relative"`. The full format is most suitable for processing automatically by a separate script. On the other hand, the relative format is more human-readable and is thus suitable for editing by hand. For `named-checkzone` this does not cause any effects unless it dumps the zone contents. It also does not have any meaning if the output format is not text.

-S mode

  Check if a SRV record refers to a CNAME. Possible modes are `"fail"`, `"warn"` (default) and `"ignore"`.

-t directory

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

-T mode

  Check if Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records exist and issues a warning if an SPF-formatted TXT record is not also present. Possible modes are `"warn"` (default), `"ignore"`.

-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. This is always enabled for `named-compilezone`.

-W mode

  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 `"warn"` (default) and `"ignore"`.

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.