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c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> — named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews<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>
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file. The file is parsed
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews If no file is specified, <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code> is read
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews Note: files that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reads in separate
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews parser contexts, such as <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> and
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews <code class="filename">bind.keys</code>, are not automatically read
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews by <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>. Configuration
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews errors in these files may cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to
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c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews on these files explicitly, however.
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews Print the usage summary and exit.
ba751492fcc4f161a18b983d4f018a1a52938cb9Evan Hunt<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews directives in the configuration file are processed as if
9f5443280fcfd625a06f63a1b457ed2335840278Mark Andrews run by a similarly chrooted <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>.
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews program and exit.
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews Print out the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and included files
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews in canonical form if no errors were detected.
1059bc2e42e8214f8b73d3b4cd181d8394a94a6aFrancis Dupont When printing the configuration files in canonical
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews form, obscure shared secrets by replacing them with
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews strings of question marks ('?'). This allows the
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews contents of <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and related
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c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews This option cannot be used without <code class="option">-p</code>.
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews Perform a test load of all master zones found in
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
c3c8823fed039b3a2b8e5ca8bc2f3301d1dd840eMark Andrews<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
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