named-checkconf(8) - Linux man page



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")
Copyright © 2000-2002 Internet Software Consortium.



Referenced By
named.conf(5)