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24 <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en">
25 <a name="man.named-checkconf"></a><div class="titlepage"></div>
26 <div class="refnamediv">
27 <h2>Name</h2>
28 <p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> &#8212; named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
29 </div>
30 <div class="refsynopsisdiv">
31 <h2>Synopsis</h2>
32 <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">-x</code>] [<code class="option">-z</code>]</p></div>
33 </div>
34 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
35 <a name="id2543403"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
36 <p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
37       checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
38       <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file.  The file is parsed
39       and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
40       If no file is specified, <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code> is read
41       by default.
42     </p>
43 <p>
44       Note: files that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reads in separate
45       parser contexts, such as <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> and
46       <code class="filename">bind.keys</code>, are not automatically read
47       by <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>.  Configuration
48       errors in these files may cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to
49       fail to run, even if <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> was
50       successful.  <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> can be run
51       on these files explicitly, however.
52     </p>
53 </div>
54 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
55 <a name="id2543452"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
56 <div class="variablelist"><dl>
57 <dt><span class="term">-h</span></dt>
58 <dd><p>
59             Print the usage summary and exit.
60           </p></dd>
61 <dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
62 <dd><p>
63             Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include
64             directives in the configuration file are processed as if
65             run by a similarly chrooted named.
66           </p></dd>
67 <dt><span class="term">-v</span></dt>
68 <dd><p>
69             Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
70             program and exit.
71           </p></dd>
72 <dt><span class="term">-p</span></dt>
73 <dd><p>
74             Print out the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and included files
75             in canonical form if no errors were detected.
76           </p></dd>
77 <dt><span class="term">-x</span></dt>
78 <dd><p>
79             When printing the configuration files in canonical
80             form, obscure shared secrets by replacing them with
81             strings of question marks ('?'). This allows the
82             contents of <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and related
83             files to be shared &#8212; for example, when submitting
84             bug reports &#8212; without compromising private data.
85             This option cannot be used without <code class="option">-p</code>.
86           </p></dd>
87 <dt><span class="term">-z</span></dt>
88 <dd><p>
89             Perform a test load of all master zones found in
90             <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
91           </p></dd>
92 <dt><span class="term">-j</span></dt>
93 <dd><p>
94             When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
95           </p></dd>
96 <dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
97 <dd><p>
98             The name of the configuration file to be checked.  If not
99             specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
100           </p></dd>
101 </dl></div>
102 </div>
103 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
104 <a name="id2543596"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2>
105 <p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
106       returns an exit status of 1 if
107       errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
108     </p>
109 </div>
110 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
111 <a name="id2543608"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
112 <p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>,
113       <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</span>(8)</span>,
114       <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
115     </p>
116 </div>
117 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
118 <a name="id2543638"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
119 <p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
120     </p>
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