| NAMED-CHECKCONF(8) | BIND9 | NAMED-CHECKCONF(8) | 
NAME
 named-checkconf - named configuration file syntax checking tool
SYNOPSIS
named-checkconf [-h] [-v] [-j] [-t directory] {filename} [-p] [-z]
 
DESCRIPTION
  named-checkconf checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a  
named configuration file. The file is parsed and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it. If no file is specified,  
/etc/named.conf is read by default.
Note: files that  named reads in separate parser contexts, such as  rndc.key and  bind.keys, are not automatically read by  named-checkconf. Configuration errors in these files may cause  named to fail to run, even if  named-checkconf was successful.  named-checkconf can be run on these files explicitly, however.
 
OPTIONS
 -h
Print the usage summary and exit.
-t directory
Chroot to  directory so that include directives in the configuration file are processed as if run by a similarly chrooted named.
-v
Print the version of the  named-checkconf program and exit.
-p
Print out the  named.conf and included files in canonical form if no errors were detected.
-z
Perform a test load of all master zones found in  named.conf.
-j
When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
filename
The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not specified, it defaults to  /etc/named.conf.
 
RETURN VALUES
  named-checkconf returns an exit status of 1 if errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
SEE ALSO
  named(8),  named-checkzone(8), BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual.
AUTHOR
 Internet Systems Consortium
COPYRIGHT
 Copyright © 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
 
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