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426N/A <
span class="application">named-checkconf</
span>
426N/A — named configuration file syntax checking tool
426N/A <
div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis">
426N/A <
div class="cmdsynopsis"><
p>
0N/A <
code class="command">named-checkconf</
code>
0N/A [<
code class="option">-h</
code>]
0N/A [<
code class="option">-v</
code>]
0N/A [<
code class="option">-j</
code>]
0N/A [<
code class="option">-t <
em class="replaceable"><
code>directory</
code></
em></
code>]
0N/A [<
code class="option">-p</
code>]
0N/A [<
code class="option">-x</
code>]
0N/A [<
code class="option">-z</
code>]
426N/A <
div class="refsection" title="DESCRIPTION">
0N/A<
a name="idp60838992"></
a><
h2>DESCRIPTION</
h2>
0N/A <
p><
span class="command"><
strong>named-checkconf</
strong></
span>
0N/A checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
0N/A <
span class="command"><
strong>named</
strong></
span> configuration file. The file is parsed
0N/A and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
0N/A Note: files that <
span class="command"><
strong>named</
strong></
span> reads in separate
0N/A parser contexts, such as <
code class="filename">
rndc.key</
code> and
0N/A <
code class="filename">
bind.keys</
code>, are not automatically read
0N/A by <
span class="command"><
strong>named-checkconf</
strong></
span>. Configuration
426N/A errors in these files may cause <
span class="command"><
strong>named</
strong></
span> to
0N/A fail to run, even if <
span class="command"><
strong>named-checkconf</
strong></
span> was
0N/A successful. <
span class="command"><
strong>named-checkconf</
strong></
span> can be run
0N/A on these files explicitly, however.
0N/A <
div class="refsection" title="OPTIONS">
0N/A<
a name="idp60844496"></
a><
h2>OPTIONS</
h2>
0N/A <
div class="variablelist"><
dl>
0N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-h</
span></
dt>
0N/A Print the usage summary and exit.
0N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-t <
em class="replaceable"><
code>directory</
code></
em></
span></
dt>
0N/A Chroot to <
code class="filename">directory</
code> so that include
0N/A directives in the configuration file are processed as if
0N/A run by a similarly chrooted <
span class="command"><
strong>named</
strong></
span>.
0N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-v</
span></
dt>
0N/A Print the version of the <
span class="command"><
strong>named-checkconf</
strong></
span>
0N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-p</
span></
dt>
426N/A Print out the <
code class="filename">
named.conf</
code> and included files
426N/A in canonical form if no errors were detected.
426N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-x</
span></
dt>
426N/A When printing the configuration files in canonical
0N/A form, obscure shared secrets by replacing them with
426N/A strings of question marks ('?'). This allows the
0N/A files to be shared — for example, when submitting
0N/A bug reports — without compromising private data.
0N/A This option cannot be used without <
code class="option">-p</
code>.
0N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-z</
span></
dt>
0N/A Perform a test load of all master zones found in
0N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-j</
span></
dt>
0N/A When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
0N/A<
dt><
span class="term">filename</
span></
dt>
0N/A The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
0N/A <
div class="refsection" title="RETURN VALUES">
0N/A<
a name="idp60866128"></
a><
h2>RETURN VALUES</
h2>
0N/A <
p><
span class="command"><
strong>named-checkconf</
strong></
span>
0N/A returns an exit status of 1 if
0N/A errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
0N/A <
div class="refsection" title="SEE ALSO">
0N/A<
a name="idp60867920"></
a><
h2>SEE ALSO</
h2>
0N/A <
p><
span class="citerefentry">
0N/A <
span class="refentrytitle">named</
span>(8)
0N/A <
span class="citerefentry">
0N/A <
span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</
span>(8)
0N/A <
em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</
em>.