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a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> — named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap<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>
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file. The file is parsed
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap If no file is specified, <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code> is read
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap Note: files that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reads in separate
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap parser contexts, such as <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> and
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap <code class="filename">bind.keys</code>, are not automatically read
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap by <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>. Configuration
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap errors in these files may cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to
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a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap Print the usage summary and exit.
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap directives in the configuration file are processed as if
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap run by a similarly chrooted named.
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap program and exit.
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap Print out the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and included files
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap in canonical form if no errors were detected.
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap Perform a test load of all master zones found in
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not
a6d42e7d71324c5193c3b94d57d96ba2925d52e1Peter Dunlap specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
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