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1N/A<h2>Name</h2>
1N/A<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> &#8212; named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
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1N/A<h2>Synopsis</h2>
1N/A<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>
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1N/A<a name="id2631585"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
1N/A<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
1N/A checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
1N/A <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file. The file is parsed
1N/A and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
1N/A If no file is specified, <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code> is read
1N/A by default.
1N/A </p>
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1N/A Note: files that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reads in separate
1N/A parser contexts, such as <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> and
1N/A <code class="filename">bind.keys</code>, are not automatically read
1N/A by <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>. Configuration
1N/A errors in these files may cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to
1N/A fail to run, even if <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> was
1N/A successful. <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> can be run
1N/A on these files explicitly, however.
1N/A </p>
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1N/A<a name="id2631655"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
1N/A<div class="variablelist"><dl>
1N/A<dt><span class="term">-h</span></dt>
1N/A<dd><p>
1N/A Print the usage summary and exit.
1N/A </p></dd>
1N/A<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
1N/A<dd><p>
1N/A Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include
1N/A directives in the configuration file are processed as if
1N/A run by a similarly chrooted named.
1N/A </p></dd>
1N/A<dt><span class="term">-v</span></dt>
1N/A<dd><p>
1N/A Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
1N/A program and exit.
1N/A </p></dd>
1N/A<dt><span class="term">-p</span></dt>
1N/A<dd><p>
1N/A Print out the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and included files
1N/A in canonical form if no errors were detected.
1N/A </p></dd>
1N/A<dt><span class="term">-z</span></dt>
1N/A<dd><p>
1N/A Perform a test load of all master zones found in
1N/A <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
1N/A </p></dd>
1N/A<dt><span class="term">-j</span></dt>
1N/A<dd><p>
1N/A When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
1N/A </p></dd>
1N/A<dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
1N/A<dd><p>
1N/A The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
1N/A specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
1N/A </p></dd>
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1N/A<a name="id2633974"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2>
1N/A<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
1N/A returns an exit status of 1 if
1N/A errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
1N/A </p>
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1N/A<a name="id2633988"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
1N/A<p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>,
1N/A <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</span>(8)</span>,
1N/A <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
1N/A </p>
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1N/A<a name="id2634018"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
1N/A<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
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