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1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User<a name="man.named-checkconf"></a><div class="titlepage"></div>
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> — named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User<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>
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file. The file is parsed
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User If no file is specified, <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code> is read
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User Note: files that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reads in separate
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User parser contexts, such as <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> and
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User <code class="filename">bind.keys</code>, are not automatically read
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User by <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>. Configuration
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User errors in these files may cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User fail to run, even if <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> was
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User successful. <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> can be run
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User on these files explicitly, however.
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User Print the usage summary and exit.
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User directives in the configuration file are processed as if
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User run by a similarly chrooted named.
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User program and exit.
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User Print out the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and included files
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User in canonical form if no errors were detected.
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User Perform a test load of all master zones found in
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User<a name="id2543569"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2>
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User returns an exit status of 1 if
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User<p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>,
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</span>(8)</span>,
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
1ebb25608fa10737ea27abd4e0481707ccd45581Tinderbox User<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>