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NAMED-CHECKCONF(8)                                  BIND9                                 NAMED-CHECKCONF(8)



NAME
       named-checkconf - named configuration file syntax checking tool

SYNOPSIS
       named-checkconf [-v] [-j] [-t directory] {filename} [-z]

DESCRIPTION
       named-checkconf checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a named configuration file.

OPTIONS
       -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.

       -z
           Perform a check load the master zonefiles 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), BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual.

AUTHOR
       Internet Systems Consortium

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



BIND9                                           June 14, 2000                             NAMED-CHECKCONF(8)