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  25 <a name="man.named-checkconf"></a><div class="titlepage"></div>
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  27 <h2>Name</h2>
  28 <p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> &#8212; named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
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  30 <div class="refsynopsisdiv">
  31 <h2>Synopsis</h2>
  32 <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>
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  34 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
  35 <a name="id2543411"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
  36 <p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
  37       checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
  38       <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file.  The file is parsed
  39       and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
  40       If no file is specified, <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code> is read
  41       by default.
  42     </p>
  43 <p>
  44       Note: files that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reads in separate
  45       parser contexts, such as <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> and
  46       <code class="filename">bind.keys</code>, are not automatically read
  47       by <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>.  Configuration
  48       errors in these files may cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to
  49       fail to run, even if <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> was
  50       successful.  <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> can be run
  51       on these files explicitly, however.
  52     </p>
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  54 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
  55 <a name="id2543460"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
  56 <div class="variablelist"><dl>
  57 <dt><span class="term">-h</span></dt>
  58 <dd><p>
  59             Print the usage summary and exit.
  60           </p></dd>
  61 <dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
  62 <dd><p>
  63             Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include
  64             directives in the configuration file are processed as if
  65             run by a similarly chrooted named.
  66           </p></dd>
  67 <dt><span class="term">-v</span></dt>
  68 <dd><p>
  69             Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
  70             program and exit.
  71           </p></dd>
  72 <dt><span class="term">-p</span></dt>
  73 <dd><p>
  74             Print out the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and included files
  75             in canonical form if no errors were detected.
  76           </p></dd>
  77 <dt><span class="term">-x</span></dt>
  78 <dd><p>
  79             When printing the configuration files in canonical
  80             form, obscure shared secrets by replacing them with
  81             strings of question marks ('?'). This allows the
  82             contents of <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and related
  83             files to be shared &#8212; for example, when submitting
  84             bug reports &#8212; without compromising private data.
  85             This option cannot be used without <code class="option">-p</code>.
  86           </p></dd>
  87 <dt><span class="term">-z</span></dt>
  88 <dd><p>
  89             Perform a test load of all master zones found in
  90             <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
  91           </p></dd>
  92 <dt><span class="term">-j</span></dt>
  93 <dd><p>
  94             When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
  95           </p></dd>
  96 <dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
  97 <dd><p>
  98             The name of the configuration file to be checked.  If not
  99             specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
 100           </p></dd>
 101 </dl></div>
 102 </div>
 103 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
 104 <a name="id2543604"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2>
 105 <p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
 106       returns an exit status of 1 if
 107       errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
 108     </p>
 109 </div>
 110 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
 111 <a name="id2543616"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
 112 <p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>,
 113       <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</span>(8)</span>,
 114       <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
 115     </p>
 116 </div>
 117 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
 118 <a name="id2543645"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
 119 <p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
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