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diff --git a/contrib/bind/man/named.8 b/contrib/bind/man/named.8
index fae5d51..d65770c 100644
--- a/contrib/bind/man/named.8
+++ b/contrib/bind/man/named.8
@@ -128,22 +128,23 @@ The following is a small example:
;
directory /usr/local/adm/named
-.ta \w'forwarders\ 'u +\w'6.32.128.IN-ADDR.ARPA\ 'u +\w'128.32.137.8 128.32.137.3\ 'u
+.ta \w'check-names\ 'u +\w'6.32.128.IN-ADDR.ARPA\ 'u +\w'128.32.137.8 128.32.137.3\ 'u
; type domain source host/file backup file
-cache . root.cache
+cache . root.cache
primary Berkeley.EDU berkeley.edu.zone
primary 32.128.IN-ADDR.ARPA ucbhosts.rev
secondary CC.Berkeley.EDU 128.32.137.8 128.32.137.3 cc.zone.bak
secondary 6.32.128.IN-ADDR.ARPA 128.32.137.8 128.32.137.3 cc.rev.bak
-primary 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA localhost.rev
+primary 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA localhost.rev
forwarders 10.0.0.78 10.2.0.78
limit transfers-in 10
limit datasize 64M
+limit files 256
options forward-only query-log fake-iquery
-check-names primary fail
-check-names secondary warn
-check-names response ignore
+check-names primary fail
+check-names secondary warn
+check-names response ignore
.DT
.fi
@@ -241,6 +242,10 @@ a warning message.
which \s-1BIND\s+1 will spawn at any one time.
\fBtransfers-per-ns\fP's argument is the maximum number of zone transfers to
be simultaneously initiated to any given remote name server.
+\fBfiles\fP's argument sets the number of file descriptors available to
+the process. \fINote:\fP not all systems provide a call to implement
+this -- on such systems, the use of the \fBfiles\fP parameter of ``limit''
+will result in a warning message.
.LP
The ``options'' directive introduces a boolean specifier that changes the
behaviour of \s-1BIND\s+1. More than one option can be specified in a single
@@ -263,7 +268,7 @@ bogus reply to ``inverse queries'' rather than responding with an error --
this is helpful if you have a lot of microcomputers or SunOS hosts or both.
.LP
The ``check-names'' directive tells \s-1BIND\s+1 to check names in either
-``primary'' or ``secondary'' zone files, or in messages (``response'')
+``primary'' or ``secondary'' zone files, or in messages (``response'')
received during recursion (for example, those which would be forwarded back
to a firewalled requestor). For each type of name,
\s-1BIND\s+1 can be told to ``fail'', such that a zone would not be loaded
@@ -356,12 +361,13 @@ Each master zone file should begin with an SOA record for the zone.
An example SOA record is as follows:
.LP
.nf
-@ IN SOA ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU. rwh.ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU. (
- 1989020501 ; serial
- 10800 ; refresh
- 3600 ; retry
- 3600000 ; expire
- 86400 ) ; minimum
+@ IN SOA ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU. rwh.ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU. (
+.ta \w'x\ IN\ SOA\ 'u +\w'1989020501\ 'u
+ 1989020501 ; serial
+ 10800 ; refresh
+ 3600 ; retry
+ 3600000 ; expire
+ 86400 ) ; minimum
.fi
.LP
The SOA specifies a serial number, which should be changed each time the
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