Before making any configuration changes to any services remember to create backup.
1. To check named server Bind main configuration file /etc/named.conf syntax use command:
# named-checkconf /etc/named.conf
2. To check zone file configuration use command:
# named-checkzone shkodenko.com /var/named/run-root/var/shkodenko.com
zone shkodenko.com/IN: loaded serial 201306071
OK
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3. To apply configuation files changes use command:
# /sbin/service named reload
Reloading named: [ OK ]
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