named-checkconf - named configuration file syntax checking tool
named-checkconf [-chjlvz] [-p [-x ]] [-t directory] {filename}
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NAME
named-checkconf - named configuration file syntax checking tool
SYNOPSIS
named-checkconf [-chjlvz] [-p [-x ]] [-t directory] {filename}
DESCRIPTION
named-checkconf checks the syntax, but not the semantics, of a named
configuration file. The file, along with all files included by it, is
parsed and checked for syntax errors. 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. However, named-checkconf can
be run on these files explicitly.
OPTIONS
-h This option prints the usage summary and exits.
-j When loading a zonefile, this option instructs named to read the
journal if it exists.
-l This option lists all the configured zones. Each line of output
contains the zone name, class (e.g. IN), view, and type (e.g.
primary or secondary).
-c This option specifies that only the "core" configuration should
be checked. This suppresses the loading of plugin modules, and
causes all parameters to plugin statements to be ignored.
-i This option ignores warnings on deprecated options.
-p This option prints out the named.conf and included files in
canonical form if no errors were detected. See also the -x
option.
-t directory
This option instructs named to chroot to directory, so that
include directives in the configuration file are processed as if
run by a similarly chrooted named.
-v This option prints the version of the named-checkconf program
and exits.
-x When printing the configuration files in canonical form, this
option obscures shared secrets by replacing them with strings of
question marks (?). This allows the contents of named.conf and
related files to be shared - for example, when submitting bug
reports - without compromising private data. This option cannot
be used without -p.
-z This option performs a test load of all zones of type primary
found in named.conf.
filename
This indicates 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.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+--------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Availability | network/dns/bind |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Stability | Pass-through uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------------+
SEE ALSO
named(8), named-checkzone(8), BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual.
AUTHOR
Internet Systems Consortium
COPYRIGHT
2022, Internet Systems Consortium
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from
http://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.16.29/bind-9.16.29.tar.xz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://www.isc.org/software/bind/.
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