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The file is parsed 57 and checked for syntax errors, along with all files included by it. 58 If no file is specified, <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code> is read 59 by default. 60 </p> 61<p> 62 Note: files that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> reads in separate 63 parser contexts, such as <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> and 64 <code class="filename">bind.keys</code>, are not automatically read 65 by <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span>. Configuration 66 errors in these files may cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to 67 fail to run, even if <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> was 68 successful. <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> can be run 69 on these files explicitly, however. 70 </p> 71</div> 72<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> 73<a name="id2618056"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2> 74<div class="variablelist"><dl> 75<dt><span class="term">-h</span></dt> 76<dd><p> 77 Print the usage summary and exit. 78 </p></dd> 79<dt><span class="term">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></span></dt> 80<dd><p> 81 Chroot to <code class="filename">directory</code> so that include 82 directives in the configuration file are processed as if 83 run by a similarly chrooted named. 84 </p></dd> 85<dt><span class="term">-v</span></dt> 86<dd><p> 87 Print the version of the <span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> 88 program and exit. 89 </p></dd> 90<dt><span class="term">-p</span></dt> 91<dd><p> 92 Print out the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and included files 93 in canonical form if no errors were detected. 94 </p></dd> 95<dt><span class="term">-z</span></dt> 96<dd><p> 97 Perform a test load of all master zones found in 98 <code class="filename">named.conf</code>. 99 </p></dd> 100<dt><span class="term">-j</span></dt> 101<dd><p> 102 When loading a zonefile read the journal if it exists. 103 </p></dd> 104<dt><span class="term">filename</span></dt> 105<dd><p> 106 The name of the configuration file to be checked. If not 107 specified, it defaults to <code class="filename">/etc/named.conf</code>. 108 </p></dd> 109</dl></div> 110</div> 111<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> 112<a name="id2618190"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2> 113<p><span><strong class="command">named-checkconf</strong></span> 114 returns an exit status of 1 if 115 errors were detected and 0 otherwise. 116 </p> 117</div> 118<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> 119<a name="id2618204"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2> 120<p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>, 121 <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named-checkzone</span>(8)</span>, 122 <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>. 123 </p> 124</div> 125<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> 126<a name="id2618234"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2> 127<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span> 128 </p> 129</div> 130</div> 131<div class="navfooter"> 132<hr> 133<table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> 134<tr> 135<td width="40%" align="left"> 136<a accesskey="p" href="man.dnssec-signzone.html">Prev</a>�</td> 137<td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="Bv9ARM.ch10.html">Up</a></td> 138<td width="40%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="man.named-checkzone.html">Next</a> 139</td> 140</tr> 141<tr> 142<td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"> 143<span class="application">dnssec-signzone</span>�</td> 144<td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="Bv9ARM.html">Home</a></td> 145<td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">�<span class="application">named-checkzone</span> 146</td> 147</tr> 148</table> 149</div> 150</body> 151</html> 152