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.. _man_named-checkconf:
named-checkconf - named configuration file syntax checking tool
---------------------------------------------------------------
Synopsis
~~~~~~~~
:program:`named-checkconf` [**-chjlvz**] [**-p** [**-x** ]] [**-t** directory] {filename}
Description
~~~~~~~~~~~
``named-checkconf`` checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
``named`` configuration file. The file, along with all files included by it, is parsed and checked for syntax
errors. 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.
However, ``named-checkconf`` can be run on these files explicitly.
Options
~~~~~~~
``-h``
This option prints the usage summary and exits.
``-j``
When loading a zonefile, this option instructs ``named`` to read the journal if it exists.
``-l``
This option lists all the configured zones. Each line of output contains the zone
name, class (e.g. IN), view, and type (e.g. primary or secondary).
``-c``
This option specifies that only the "core" configuration should be checked. This suppresses the loading of
plugin modules, and causes all parameters to ``plugin`` statements to
be ignored.
``-i``
This option ignores warnings on deprecated options.
``-p``
This option prints out the ``named.conf`` and included files in canonical form if
no errors were detected. See also the ``-x`` option.
``-t directory``
This option instructs ``named`` to chroot to ``directory``, so that ``include`` directives in the
configuration file are processed as if run by a similarly chrooted
``named``.
``-v``
This option prints the version of the ``named-checkconf`` program and exits.
``-x``
When printing the configuration files in canonical form, this option obscures
shared secrets by replacing them with strings of question marks
(``?``). This allows the contents of ``named.conf`` and related files
to be shared - for example, when submitting bug reports -
without compromising private data. This option cannot be used without
``-p``.
``-z``
This option performs a test load of all zones of type ``primary`` found in ``named.conf``.
``filename``
This indicates 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
~~~~~~~~
:manpage:`named(8)`, :manpage:`named-checkzone(8)`, BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual.
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