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The file is parsed 57*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it. 58*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek If no file is specified, <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code> is read 59*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek by default. 60*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek </p> 61*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p> 62*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek Note: files that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reads in separate 63*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek parser contexts, such as <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> and 64*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek <code class="filename">bind.keys</code>, are not automatically read 65*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek by <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>. Configuration 66*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek errors in these files may cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to 67*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek fail to run, even if <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> was 68*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek successful. <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> can be run 69*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek on these files explicitly, however. 70*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek </p> 71*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</div> 72*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> 73*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="id2643816"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2> 74*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="variablelist"><dl> 75*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="term">-h</span></dt> 76*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dd><p> 77*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek Print the usage summary and exit. 78*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek </p></dd> 79*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt> 80*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dd><p> 81*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include 82*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek directives in the configuration file are processed as if 83*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek run by a similarly chrooted named. 84*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek </p></dd> 85*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="term">-v</span></dt> 86*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dd><p> 87*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> 88*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek program and exit. 89*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek </p></dd> 90*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="term">-p</span></dt> 91*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dd><p> 92*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek Print out the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and included files 93*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek in canonical form if no errors were detected. 94*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek </p></dd> 95*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="term">-x</span></dt> 96*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dd><p> 97*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek When printing the configuration files in canonical 98*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek form, obscure shared secrets by replacing them with 99*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek strings of question marks ('?'). This allows the 100*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek contents of <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and related 101*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek files to be shared — for example, when submitting 102*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek bug reports — without compromising private data. 103*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek This option cannot be used without <code class="option">-p</code>. 104*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek </p></dd> 105*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="term">-z</span></dt> 106*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dd><p> 107*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek Perform a test load of all master zones found in 108*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek <code class="filename">named.conf</code>. 109*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek </p></dd> 110*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="term">-j</span></dt> 111*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dd><p> 112*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists. 113*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek </p></dd> 114*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt> 115*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dd><p> 116*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not 117*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>. 118*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek </p></dd> 119*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</dl></div> 120*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</div> 121*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> 122*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="id2644177"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2> 123*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> 124*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek returns an exit status of 1 if 125*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek errors were detected and 0 otherwise. 126*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek </p> 127*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</div> 128*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> 129*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="id2644190"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2> 130*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>, 131*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</span>(8)</span>, 132*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>. 133*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek </p> 134*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</div> 135*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> 136*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="id2644220"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2> 137*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span> 138*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek </p> 139*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</div> 140*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</div> 141*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="navfooter"> 142*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<hr> 143*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> 144*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<tr> 145*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<td width="40%" align="left"> 146*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a accesskey="p" href="man.dnssec-verify.html">Prev</a>�</td> 147*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="Bv9ARM.ch13.html">Up</a></td> 148*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<td width="40%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="man.named-checkzone.html">Next</a> 149*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</td> 150*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</tr> 151*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<tr> 152*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"> 153*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<span class="application">dnssec-verify</span>�</td> 154*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="Bv9ARM.html">Home</a></td> 155*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">�<span class="application">named-checkzone</span> 156*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</td> 157*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</tr> 158*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</table> 159*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</div> 160*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p style="text-align: center;">BIND 9.10.2-P4</p> 161*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</body> 162*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</html> 163