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46 <p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> — named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
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50 <div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">named-checkconf</code> [<code class="option">-h</code>] [<code class="option">-v</code>] [<code class="option">-j</code>] [<code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code>] {filename} [<code class="option">-p</code>] [<code class="option">-z</code>]</p></div>
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53 <a name="id2617093"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
54 <p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
55 checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
56 <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file. The file is parsed
57 and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
58 If no file is specified, <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code> is read
62 Note: files that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reads in separate
63 parser contexts, such as <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> and
64 <code class="filename">bind.keys</code>, are not automatically read
65 by <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>. Configuration
66 errors in these files may cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to
67 fail to run, even if <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> was
68 successful. <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> can be run
69 on these files explicitly, however.
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73 <a name="id2617163"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
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75 <dt><span class="term">-h</span></dt>
77 Print the usage summary and exit.
79 <dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
81 Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include
82 directives in the configuration file are processed as if
83 run by a similarly chrooted named.
85 <dt><span class="term">-v</span></dt>
87 Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
90 <dt><span class="term">-p</span></dt>
92 Print out the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and included files
93 in canonical form if no errors were detected.
95 <dt><span class="term">-z</span></dt>
97 Perform a test load of all master zones found in
98 <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
100 <dt><span class="term">-j</span></dt>
102 When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
104 <dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
106 The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
107 specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
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112 <a name="id2617298"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2>
113 <p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
114 returns an exit status of 1 if
115 errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
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119 <a name="id2617312"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
120 <p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>,
121 <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</span>(8)</span>,
122 <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
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126 <a name="id2617341"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
127 <p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
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