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60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> — named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">named-checkconf</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">-z</code>]</p></div>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a named
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein configuration file.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein directives in the configuration file are processed as if
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein run by a similarly chrooted named.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein program and exit.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein Perform a check load the master zonefiles found in
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein returns an exit status of 1 if
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>,
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>