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848dcebe28e032abfc66e7f10686e1b04a8516feMark Andrews<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> — named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
67adc03ef81fb610f8df093b17f55275ee816754Evan Hunt<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>
848dcebe28e032abfc66e7f10686e1b04a8516feMark Andrews<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
09d72af3e9961c210d7baa6179165b6cd81e8dd0Tinderbox User checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
45571e73747cb97c4abcdc7be8cc0c484b1b0e42Tinderbox User <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file. The file is parsed
848dcebe28e032abfc66e7f10686e1b04a8516feMark Andrews and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
45571e73747cb97c4abcdc7be8cc0c484b1b0e42Tinderbox User If no file is specified, <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code> is read
45571e73747cb97c4abcdc7be8cc0c484b1b0e42Tinderbox User Note: files that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reads in separate
45571e73747cb97c4abcdc7be8cc0c484b1b0e42Tinderbox User parser contexts, such as <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> and
45571e73747cb97c4abcdc7be8cc0c484b1b0e42Tinderbox User <code class="filename">bind.keys</code>, are not automatically read
848dcebe28e032abfc66e7f10686e1b04a8516feMark Andrews by <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>. Configuration
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson errors in these files may cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to
a3edcadfffbe617a419cdbe1bebb95f68a0eda1eMark Andrews fail to run, even if <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> was
a3edcadfffbe617a419cdbe1bebb95f68a0eda1eMark Andrews successful. <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> can be run
a3edcadfffbe617a419cdbe1bebb95f68a0eda1eMark Andrews on these files explicitly, however.
a3edcadfffbe617a419cdbe1bebb95f68a0eda1eMark Andrews Print the usage summary and exit.
848dcebe28e032abfc66e7f10686e1b04a8516feMark Andrews<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
848dcebe28e032abfc66e7f10686e1b04a8516feMark Andrews Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include
a3edcadfffbe617a419cdbe1bebb95f68a0eda1eMark Andrews directives in the configuration file are processed as if
67adc03ef81fb610f8df093b17f55275ee816754Evan Hunt run by a similarly chrooted named.
67adc03ef81fb610f8df093b17f55275ee816754Evan Hunt Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
848dcebe28e032abfc66e7f10686e1b04a8516feMark Andrews program and exit.
36da16fa31fa2a582afe67010ba449a57177fd2fAutomatic Updater Print out the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and included files
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22f0b13f28a7df3b348b18848d0ccd745ea88c3cAndreas Gustafsson Perform a test load of all master zones found in
1e126d80e1b8a0dd541a733283907656424634dcTinderbox User When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
e2e4d321999340802f77adaacd19c797d04b4b95Automatic Updater<dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
848dcebe28e032abfc66e7f10686e1b04a8516feMark Andrews The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
848dcebe28e032abfc66e7f10686e1b04a8516feMark Andrews specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
848dcebe28e032abfc66e7f10686e1b04a8516feMark Andrews<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
a3edcadfffbe617a419cdbe1bebb95f68a0eda1eMark Andrews returns an exit status of 1 if
a3edcadfffbe617a419cdbe1bebb95f68a0eda1eMark Andrews errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
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