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<h2>Name</h2>
<p><span class="application">named-checkconf</span> &#8212; named configuration file syntax checking tool</p>
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
<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>
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<a name="id2617782"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
      checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a
      <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> configuration file.  The file is parsed
      and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it.
      If no file is specified, <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code> is read
      by default.
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      Note: files that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reads in separate
      parser contexts, such as <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> and
      <code class="filename">bind.keys</code>, are not automatically read
      by <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>.  Configuration
      errors in these files may cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to
      fail to run, even if <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> was
      successful.  <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> can be run
      on these files explicitly, however.
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<a name="id2617852"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
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<dt><span class="term">-h</span></dt>
<dd><p>
            Print the usage summary and exit.
          </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt>
<dd><p>
            Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include
            directives in the configuration file are processed as if
            run by a similarly chrooted named.
          </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">-v</span></dt>
<dd><p>
            Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
            program and exit.
          </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">-p</span></dt>
<dd><p>
	    Print out the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and included files
	    in canonical form if no errors were detected.
          </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">-z</span></dt>
<dd><p>
	    Perform a test load of all master zones found in
	    <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
          </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">-j</span></dt>
<dd><p>
            When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists.
          </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt>
<dd><p>
            The name of the configuration file to be checked.  If not
            specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>.
          </p></dd>
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<a name="id2617987"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2>
<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>
      returns an exit status of 1 if
      errors were detected and 0 otherwise.
    </p>
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<a name="id2618001"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>,
      <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</span>(8)</span>,
      <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
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<a name="id2618030"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
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