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60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> — named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<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">-x</code>] [<code class="option">-z</code>]</p></div>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file. The file is parsed
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein If no file is specified, <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code> is read
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein Note: files that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reads in separate
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein parser contexts, such as <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> and
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60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein errors in these files may cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to
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60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein on these files explicitly, however.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein Print the usage summary and exit.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews directives in the configuration file are processed as if
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews run by a similarly chrooted named.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
47012ae6dbf18a2503d7b33c1c9583dc38625cb7Mark Andrews program and exit.
f293a69bcd1c1dd7bdac8f4102fc2398b9e475c8Eric Luce Print out the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and included files
f293a69bcd1c1dd7bdac8f4102fc2398b9e475c8Eric Luce in canonical form if no errors were detected.
f293a69bcd1c1dd7bdac8f4102fc2398b9e475c8Eric Luce When printing the configuration files in canonical
f293a69bcd1c1dd7bdac8f4102fc2398b9e475c8Eric Luce form, obscure shared secrets by replacing them with
f293a69bcd1c1dd7bdac8f4102fc2398b9e475c8Eric Luce strings of question marks ('?'). This allows the
47012ae6dbf18a2503d7b33c1c9583dc38625cb7Mark Andrews contents of <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and related
f293a69bcd1c1dd7bdac8f4102fc2398b9e475c8Eric Luce files to be shared — for example, when submitting
f293a69bcd1c1dd7bdac8f4102fc2398b9e475c8Eric Luce bug reports — without compromising private data.
f293a69bcd1c1dd7bdac8f4102fc2398b9e475c8Eric Luce This option cannot be used without <code class="option">-p</code>.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein Perform a test load of all master zones found in
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
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