Bind 9 Administrator Reference Manual

Chapter 3. Nameserver Configuration
3.4.1.2. Administrative Tools
Administrative tools play an integral part in the management of a server.
named-checkconf
The named-checkconf program checks the syntax of a named.conf file.
named-checkconf [-t directory] [filename]
named-checkzone
The named-checkzone program checks a master file for syntax and consistency.
named-checkzone [-dq] [-c class] zone [filename]
rndc
The remote name daemon control (rndc) program allows the system administrator to control the
operation of a nameserver. If you run rndc without any options it will display a usage message as
follows:
rndc [-c config] [-s server] [-p port] [-y key] command [command...]
command is one of the following:
reload
Reload configuration file and zones.
reload zone [class [view]]
Reload the given zone.
refresh zone [class [view]]
Schedule zone maintenance for the given zone.
reconfig
Reload the configuration file and load new zones, but do not reload existing zone files even if
they have changed. This is faster than a full reload when there is a large number of zones
because it avoids the need to examine the modification times of the zones files.
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