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2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>named-checkconf</TITLE
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2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><A
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2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="APPLICATION"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>named-checkconf</SPAN
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></H1
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DIV
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2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><A
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontNAME="AEN9"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></A
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><H2
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>Name</H2
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><SPAN
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="APPLICATION"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>named-checkconf</SPAN
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>&nbsp;--&nbsp;named configuration file syntax checking tool</DIV
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DIV
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><A
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontNAME="AEN13"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></A
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><H2
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>Synopsis</H2
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><B
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="COMMAND"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>named-checkconf</B
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont> [<CODE
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="OPTION"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>-v</CODE
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>] [<CODE
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="OPTION"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>-j</CODE
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>] [<CODE
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="OPTION"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>-t <TT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="REPLACEABLE"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><I
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>directory</I
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></TT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></CODE
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>] {filename} [<CODE
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="OPTION"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>-z</CODE
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>]</P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></DIV
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DIV
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="REFSECT1"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><A
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontNAME="AEN26"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></A
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><H2
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>DESCRIPTION</H2
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont> <B
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="COMMAND"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>named-checkconf</B
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont> checks the syntax, but not
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont the semantics, of a named configuration file.
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont </P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></DIV
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DIV
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="REFSECT1"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><A
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontNAME="AEN30"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></A
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><H2
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>OPTIONS</H2
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DIV
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="VARIABLELIST"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DL
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>-t <TT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="REPLACEABLE"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><I
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>directory</I
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></TT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></DT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DD
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont> chroot to <TT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="FILENAME"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>directory</TT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont> so that include
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont directives in the configuration file are processed as if
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont run by a similarly chrooted named.
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont </P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></DD
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>-v</DT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DD
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont> Print the version of the <B
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="COMMAND"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>named-checkconf</B
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont program and exit.
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont </P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></DD
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>-z</DT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DD
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont> Perform a check load the master zonefiles found in
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont <TT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="FILENAME"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>named.conf</TT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>.
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont </P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></DD
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>-j</DT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DD
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont> When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont </P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></DD
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>filename</DT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DD
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont> The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont specified, it defaults to <TT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="FILENAME"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>/etc/named.conf</TT
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>.
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont </P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></DD
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></DL
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></DIV
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></DIV
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DIV
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="REFSECT1"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><A
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontNAME="AEN58"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></A
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><H2
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>RETURN VALUES</H2
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont> <B
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="COMMAND"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>named-checkconf</B
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont> returns an exit status of 1 if
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont </P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></DIV
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DIV
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="REFSECT1"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><A
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontNAME="AEN62"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></A
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><H2
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>SEE ALSO</H2
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont> <SPAN
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><SPAN
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>named</SPAN
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>(8)</SPAN
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>,
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont <I
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontCLASS="CITETITLE"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</I
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont>.
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont </P
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></DIV
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><DIV
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2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont><A
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis DupontNAME="AEN69"
2a31bd531072824ef252c18303859d6af7451b00Francis Dupont></A
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