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4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> — named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas 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>
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson<a name="id2618820"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file. The file is parsed
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson If no file is specified, <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code> is read
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson Note: files that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reads in separate
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson parser contexts, such as <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> and
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson <code class="filename">bind.keys</code>, are not automatically read
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson by <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>. Configuration
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson errors in these files may cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson fail to run, even if <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> was
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson successful. <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> can be run
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson on these files explicitly, however.
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson Print the usage summary and exit.
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson directives in the configuration file are processed as if
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson run by a similarly chrooted named.
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson program and exit.
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson Print out the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and included files
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson in canonical form if no errors were detected.
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson Perform a test load of all master zones found in
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson<dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson<a name="id2619025"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2>
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson returns an exit status of 1 if
4848fe4ad2c0ba6e2e69e4a2617727f8556d79a0Andreas Gustafsson errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
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