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22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> — named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson<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>
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson<a name="id2619544"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file. The file is parsed
2fd63cf561135572339d4e2ff0c06695e3dcf1baMark Andrews and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
2fd63cf561135572339d4e2ff0c06695e3dcf1baMark Andrews If no file is specified, <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code> is read
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson Note: files that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reads in separate
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson parser contexts, such as <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> and
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson <code class="filename">bind.keys</code>, are not automatically read
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson by <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>. Configuration
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson errors in these files may cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson fail to run, even if <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> was
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson successful. <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> can be run
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson on these files explicitly, however.
2fd63cf561135572339d4e2ff0c06695e3dcf1baMark Andrews Print the usage summary and exit.
2fd63cf561135572339d4e2ff0c06695e3dcf1baMark Andrews<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
3970098dcd2a7122541667b4b56cea8abce8ccf2Mark Andrews Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson directives in the configuration file are processed as if
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson run by a similarly chrooted named.
669e9657c731176df235832367f61435f7b83ddfAndreas Gustafsson Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
669e9657c731176df235832367f61435f7b83ddfAndreas Gustafsson program and exit.
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson Print out the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and included files
a6a23642eaf383add7a0be045c01e7dd8278ccafAndreas Gustafsson in canonical form if no errors were detected.
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson Perform a test load of all master zones found in
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson<dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
2fd63cf561135572339d4e2ff0c06695e3dcf1baMark Andrews specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
2fd63cf561135572339d4e2ff0c06695e3dcf1baMark Andrews<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
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