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60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> — named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
d85c83c4144116fbc2734a6a623a888fea1a307fAutomatic Updater<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>
d85c83c4144116fbc2734a6a623a888fea1a307fAutomatic Updater<a name="id2543395"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
d856585f5fe37cc2ea82115c10339578d2b517b1Automatic Updater checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
d856585f5fe37cc2ea82115c10339578d2b517b1Automatic Updater <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file. The file is parsed
d856585f5fe37cc2ea82115c10339578d2b517b1Automatic Updater and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
d856585f5fe37cc2ea82115c10339578d2b517b1Automatic Updater If no file is specified, <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code> is read
d856585f5fe37cc2ea82115c10339578d2b517b1Automatic Updater Note: files that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reads in separate
d856585f5fe37cc2ea82115c10339578d2b517b1Automatic Updater parser contexts, such as <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> and
d856585f5fe37cc2ea82115c10339578d2b517b1Automatic Updater <code class="filename">bind.keys</code>, are not automatically read
d856585f5fe37cc2ea82115c10339578d2b517b1Automatic Updater by <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>. Configuration
d856585f5fe37cc2ea82115c10339578d2b517b1Automatic Updater errors in these files may cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to
d856585f5fe37cc2ea82115c10339578d2b517b1Automatic Updater fail to run, even if <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> was
d856585f5fe37cc2ea82115c10339578d2b517b1Automatic Updater successful. <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> can be run
d856585f5fe37cc2ea82115c10339578d2b517b1Automatic Updater on these files explicitly, however.
f7b41fd9291b8f4dba27e2b57e1d93f0913a4f1dMark Andrews Print the usage summary and exit.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
d85c83c4144116fbc2734a6a623a888fea1a307fAutomatic Updater Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include
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.
d85c83c4144116fbc2734a6a623a888fea1a307fAutomatic Updater Print out the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and included files
d85c83c4144116fbc2734a6a623a888fea1a307fAutomatic Updater in canonical form if no errors were detected.
d71e2e0c61df16ff37c9934c371a4a60c08974f7Mark Andrews Perform a test load of all master zones 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>.
d856585f5fe37cc2ea82115c10339578d2b517b1Automatic Updater<a name="id2543568"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2>
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>,
1224c3b69b3d18f7127aa042644936af25a2d679Mark Andrews <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</span>(8)</span>,
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>