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 (C) 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
("ISC")
Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Internet Software Consortium.