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3137e0bd5290fea67e52cfe7ff657c3af400b548Lennart Poettering<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> — named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering<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>
b9c26b413497a0014ac2058a0ec04849a83df1eaSimon Peeters<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
b9c26b413497a0014ac2058a0ec04849a83df1eaSimon Peeters checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
b9c26b413497a0014ac2058a0ec04849a83df1eaSimon Peeters <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file. The file is parsed
b9c26b413497a0014ac2058a0ec04849a83df1eaSimon Peeters and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
b9c26b413497a0014ac2058a0ec04849a83df1eaSimon Peeters If no file is specified, <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code> is read
3137e0bd5290fea67e52cfe7ff657c3af400b548Lennart Poettering Note: files that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reads in separate
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering parser contexts, such as <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> and
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering <code class="filename">bind.keys</code>, are not automatically read
3137e0bd5290fea67e52cfe7ff657c3af400b548Lennart Poettering by <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>. Configuration
b9c26b413497a0014ac2058a0ec04849a83df1eaSimon Peeters errors in these files may cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to
3137e0bd5290fea67e52cfe7ff657c3af400b548Lennart Poettering fail to run, even if <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> was
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering successful. <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> can be run
b9c26b413497a0014ac2058a0ec04849a83df1eaSimon Peeters on these files explicitly, however.
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering Print the usage summary and exit.
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
b9c26b413497a0014ac2058a0ec04849a83df1eaSimon Peeters Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering directives in the configuration file are processed as if
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering run by a similarly chrooted named.
b9c26b413497a0014ac2058a0ec04849a83df1eaSimon Peeters Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
b9c26b413497a0014ac2058a0ec04849a83df1eaSimon Peeters program and exit.
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering Print out the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and included files
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering in canonical form if no errors were detected.
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering Perform a test load of all master zones found in
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering<dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering<a name="id2620652"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2>
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
eecd1362f7f4de432483b5d77c56726c3621a83aLennart Poettering returns an exit status of 1 if
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