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2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<h2>Name</h2>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> &#8212; named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang</div>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<div class="refsynopsisdiv">
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<h2>Synopsis</h2>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<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>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang</div>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<a name="id2514069"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a named
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang configuration file.
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang </p>
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2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<a name="id2514081"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<div class="variablelist"><dl>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<dd><p>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang include
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang directives in the configuration file are processed as if
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang run by a similarly chrooted named.
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang </p></dd>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<dt><span class="term">-v</span></dt>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<dd><p>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang program and exit.
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang </p></dd>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<dt><span class="term">-z</span></dt>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<dd><p>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang Perform a check load the master zonefiles found in
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang </p></dd>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<dt><span class="term">-j</span></dt>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<dd><p>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang </p></dd>
2a8164df8a5f42c8a00f10c67d7bc84f80ae9c41Zhong Wang<dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
<dd><p>
The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
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<a name="id2514173"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2>
<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
returns an exit status of 1 if
errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
</p>
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<a name="id2514185"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>,
<em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
</p>
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<a name="id2514275"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
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