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p><
span class="application">named-checkconf</
span> — named configuration file syntax checking tool</
p>
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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></
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h2>DESCRIPTION</
h2>
5329N/A<
p><
span><
strong class="command">named-checkconf</
strong></
span>
5329N/A checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
5329N/A <
span><
strong class="command">named</
strong></
span> configuration file. The file is parsed
5329N/A and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
5329N/A Note: files that <
span><
strong class="command">named</
strong></
span> reads in separate
5329N/A parser contexts, such as <
code class="filename">
rndc.key</
code> and
5329N/A by <
span><
strong class="command">named-checkconf</
strong></
span>. Configuration
5329N/A errors in these files may cause <
span><
strong class="command">named</
strong></
span> to
5329N/A fail to run, even if <
span><
strong class="command">named-checkconf</
strong></
span> was
5329N/A successful. <
span><
strong class="command">named-checkconf</
strong></
span> can be run
5329N/A on these files explicitly, however.
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h2>OPTIONS</
h2>
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dl>
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dt><
span class="term">-h</
span></
dt>
5329N/A Print the usage summary and exit.
5329N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-t <
em class="replaceable"><
code>directory</
code></
em></
span></
dt>
5329N/A Chroot to <
code class="filename">directory</
code> so that include
5329N/A directives in the configuration file are processed as if
5329N/A run by a similarly chrooted named.
5329N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-v</
span></
dt>
5329N/A Print the version of the <
span><
strong class="command">named-checkconf</
strong></
span>
5329N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-p</
span></
dt>
5329N/A in canonical form if no errors were detected.
5329N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-x</
span></
dt>
5329N/A When printing the configuration files in canonical
5329N/A form, obscure shared secrets by replacing them with
5329N/A strings of question marks ('?'). This allows the
5329N/A files to be shared — for example, when submitting
5329N/A bug reports — without compromising private data.
5329N/A This option cannot be used without <
code class="option">-p</
code>.
5329N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-z</
span></
dt>
5329N/A Perform a test load of all master zones found in
5329N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-j</
span></
dt>
5426N/A When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
5426N/A<
dt><
span class="term">filename</
span></
dt>
5329N/A The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
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h2>RETURN VALUES</
h2>
5329N/A<
p><
span><
strong class="command">named-checkconf</
strong></
span>
5329N/A returns an exit status of 1 if
5329N/A errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
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a><
h2>SEE ALSO</
h2>
5713N/A<
p><
span class="citerefentry"><
span class="refentrytitle">named</
span>(8)</
span>,
5329N/A <
span class="citerefentry"><
span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</
span>(8)</
span>,
5329N/A <
em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</
em>.
5329N/A<
div class="refsect1" lang="en">
5329N/A<
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a><
h2>AUTHOR</
h2>
5329N/A<
p><
span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</
span>
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