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89fd04babb277ae294172d6fa5c28c1b775cfa9fAndrew Forrest<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> — named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
d2ccc2b0b2e8d1c82c1ed9f0cf456eabbd814347Andrew Forrest<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">named-checkconf</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">-z</code>]</p></div>
2762f4f9634e12df95dee397166724eac963d13cAndrew Forrest<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
89fd04babb277ae294172d6fa5c28c1b775cfa9fAndrew Forrest checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a named
89fd04babb277ae294172d6fa5c28c1b775cfa9fAndrew Forrest configuration file.
89fd04babb277ae294172d6fa5c28c1b775cfa9fAndrew Forrest<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
2762f4f9634e12df95dee397166724eac963d13cAndrew Forrest chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that
d2ccc2b0b2e8d1c82c1ed9f0cf456eabbd814347Andrew Forrest directives in the configuration file are processed as if
89fd04babb277ae294172d6fa5c28c1b775cfa9fAndrew Forrest run by a similarly chrooted named.
89fd04babb277ae294172d6fa5c28c1b775cfa9fAndrew Forrest Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
89fd04babb277ae294172d6fa5c28c1b775cfa9fAndrew Forrest program and exit.
89fd04babb277ae294172d6fa5c28c1b775cfa9fAndrew Forrest Perform a check load the master zonefiles found in
89fd04babb277ae294172d6fa5c28c1b775cfa9fAndrew Forrest When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
2762f4f9634e12df95dee397166724eac963d13cAndrew Forrest The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
89fd04babb277ae294172d6fa5c28c1b775cfa9fAndrew Forrest specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
89fd04babb277ae294172d6fa5c28c1b775cfa9fAndrew Forrest<a name="id2600033"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2>