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6 named-compilezone - zone file validity checking or converting tool
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9 named-compilezone [-d] [-h] [-j] [-q] [-v] [-c class] [-f format] [-F
10 format] [-J filename] [-i mode] [-k mode] [-m mode] [-M mode] [-n mode]
11 [-l ttl] [-L serial] [-r mode] [-s style] [-S mode] [-t directory] [-T
12 mode] [-w directory] [-D] [-W mode] {-o filename} {zonename} {filename}
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15 named-compilezone checks the syntax and integrity of a zone file, and
16 dumps the zone contents to a specified file in a specified format. It
17 applies strict check levels by default, since the dump output is used
18 as an actual zone file loaded by named. When manually specified other‐
19 wise, the check levels must at least be as strict as those specified in
20 the named configuration file.
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23 -d This option enables debugging.
24 -h This option prints the usage summary and exits.
26 -q This option sets quiet mode, which only sets an exit code to in‐
28 dicate successful or failed completion.
29 -v This option prints the version of the named-checkzone program
31 and exits.
32 -j When loading a zone file, this option tells named to read the
34 journal if it exists. The journal file name is assumed to be the
35 zone file name with the string .jnl appended.
36 -J filename
38 When loading the zone file, this option tells named to read the
39 journal from the given file, if it exists. This implies -j.
40 -c class
42 This option specifies the class of the zone. If not specified,
43 IN is assumed.
44 -i mode
46 This option performs post-load zone integrity checks. Possible
47 modes are full (the default), full-sibling, local, local-sib‐
48 ling, and none.
49 Mode full checks that MX records refer to A or AAAA records
51 (both in-zone and out-of-zone hostnames). Mode local only checks
52 MX records which refer to in-zone hostnames.
53 Mode full checks that SRV records refer to A or AAAA records
55 (both in-zone and out-of-zone hostnames). Mode local only checks
56 SRV records which refer to in-zone hostnames.
57 Mode full checks that delegation NS records refer to A or AAAA
59 records (both in-zone and out-of-zone hostnames). It also checks
60 that glue address records in the zone match those advertised by
61 the child. Mode local only checks NS records which refer to
62 in-zone hostnames or verifies that some required glue exists,
63 i.e., when the name server is in a child zone.
64 Modes full-sibling and local-sibling disable sibling glue
66 checks, but are otherwise the same as full and local, respec‐
67 tively.
68 Mode none disables the checks.
70 -f format
72 This option specifies the format of the zone file. Possible for‐
73 mats are text (the default), and raw.
74 -F format
76 This option specifies the format of the output file specified.
77 For named-checkzone, this does not have any effect unless it
78 dumps the zone contents.
79 Possible formats are text (the default), which is the standard
81 textual representation of the zone, and raw and raw=N, which
82 store the zone in a binary format for rapid loading by named.
83 raw=N specifies the format version of the raw zone file: if N is
84 0, the raw file can be read by any version of named; if N is 1,
85 the file can only be read by release 9.9.0 or higher. The de‐
86 fault is 1.
87 -k mode
89 This option performs check-names checks with the specified fail‐
90 ure mode. Possible modes are fail (the default), warn, and ig‐
91 nore.
92 -l ttl This option sets a maximum permissible TTL for the input file.
94 Any record with a TTL higher than this value causes the zone to
95 be rejected. This is similar to using the max-zone-ttl option in
96 named.conf.
97 -L serial
99 When compiling a zone to raw format, this option sets the
100 "source serial" value in the header to the specified serial num‐
101 ber. This is expected to be used primarily for testing purposes.
102 -m mode
104 This option specifies whether MX records should be checked to
105 see if they are addresses. Possible modes are fail, warn (the
106 default), and ignore.
107 -M mode
109 This option checks whether a MX record refers to a CNAME. Possi‐
110 ble modes are fail, warn (the default), and ignore.
111 -n mode
113 This option specifies whether NS records should be checked to
114 see if they are addresses. Possible modes are fail (the de‐
115 fault), warn, and ignore.
116 -o filename
118 This option writes the zone output to filename. If filename is
119 -, then the zone output is written to standard output. This is
120 mandatory for named-compilezone.
121 -r mode
123 This option checks for records that are treated as different by
124 DNSSEC but are semantically equal in plain DNS. Possible modes
125 are fail, warn (the default), and ignore.
126 -s style
128 This option specifies the style of the dumped zone file. Possi‐
129 ble styles are full (the default) and relative. The full format
130 is most suitable for processing automatically by a separate
131 script. The relative format is more human-readable and is thus
132 suitable for editing by hand.
133 -S mode
135 This option checks whether an SRV record refers to a CNAME. Pos‐
136 sible modes are fail, warn (the default), and ignore.
137 -t directory
139 This option tells named to chroot to directory, so that include
140 directives in the configuration file are processed as if run by
141 a similarly chrooted named.
142 -T mode
144 This option checks whether Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records
145 exist and issues a warning if an SPF-formatted TXT record is not
146 also present. Possible modes are warn (the default) and ignore.
147 -w directory
149 This option instructs named to chdir to directory, so that rela‐
150 tive filenames in master file $INCLUDE directives work. This is
151 similar to the directory clause in named.conf.
152 -D This option dumps the zone file in canonical format. This is al‐
154 ways enabled for named-compilezone.
155 -W mode
157 This option specifies whether to check for non-terminal wild‐
158 cards. Non-terminal wildcards are almost always the result of a
159 failure to understand the wildcard matching algorithm (RFC
160 4592). Possible modes are warn (the default) and ignore.
161 zonename
163 This indicates the domain name of the zone being checked.
164 filename
166 This is the name of the zone file.
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169 named-compilezone returns an exit status of 1 if errors were detected
170 and 0 otherwise.
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173 named(8), named-checkconf(8), named-checkzone(8), :rfc:`1035, BIND 9
174 Administrator Reference Manual.
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177 Internet Systems Consortium
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