1mydnscheck(8) System Administrator's Manual mydnscheck(8)
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6 mydnscheck - Check zone data for consistency and syntax.
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9 mydnscheck [-c, --consistency] [-C, --consistency-only] [-D, --data‐
10 base=dbname] [-h, --host=hostname] [-p, --password[=password]] [-u,
11 --user=username] [-v, --verbose] [--help] [--version] [ZONE...]
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16 mydnscheck scans the zones named on the command line for syntax. If no
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20 The program writes all results to stdout in a format that both humans
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26 MESSAGE .. SOA ID .. RR ID .. NAME .. TTL .. TYPE .. DATA
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73 Don Moore <bboy@bboy.net> Howard Wilkinson <howard@cohtech.com>
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83 mydns(8), mydns.conf(5), mydnsexport(8), mydnsimport(8)
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