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>named-checkconf</TITLE
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><A
NAME="AEN1"
><SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>named-checkconf</SPAN
></A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="REFNAMEDIV"
><A
NAME="AEN9"
></A
><H2
>Name</H2
><SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>named-checkconf</SPAN
>&nbsp;--&nbsp;named configuration file syntax checking tool</DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
><A
NAME="AEN13"
></A
><H2
>Synopsis</H2
><P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>named-checkconf</B
> [<TT
CLASS="OPTION"
>-v</TT
>] [<TT
CLASS="OPTION"
>-j</TT
>] [<TT
CLASS="OPTION"
>-t <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>directory</I
></TT
></TT
>] {filename} [<TT
CLASS="OPTION"
>-z</TT
>]</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN26"
></A
><H2
>DESCRIPTION</H2
><P
> <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>named-checkconf</B
> checks the syntax, but not
the semantics, of a named configuration file.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN30"
></A
><H2
>OPTIONS</H2
><P
></P
><DIV
CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
><DL
><DT
>-t <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>directory</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> chroot to <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>directory</TT
> so that include
directives in the configuration file are processed as if
run by a similarly chrooted named.
</P
></DD
><DT
>-v</DT
><DD
><P
> Print the version of the <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>named-checkconf</B
>
program and exit.
</P
></DD
><DT
>-z</DT
><DD
><P
> Perform a check load the master zonefiles found in
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>named.conf</TT
>.
</P
></DD
><DT
>-j</DT
><DD
><P
> When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
</P
></DD
><DT
>filename</DT
><DD
><P
> The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
specified, it defaults to <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/named.conf</TT
>.
</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN58"
></A
><H2
>RETURN VALUES</H2
><P
> <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>named-checkconf</B
> returns an exit status of 1 if
errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN62"
></A
><H2
>SEE ALSO</H2
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
><SPAN
CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
>named</SPAN
>(8)</SPAN
>,
<I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</I
>.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN69"
></A
><H2
>AUTHOR</H2
><P
> Internet Software Consortium
</P
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