Description of problem: - apachectl configtest - named-checkconf - testparm It's hard for users to remember these different syntax checking tools. httpd's init script has a 'configtest' parameter. Here's a named one. I'm submitting one for smb in a sec. The aim: consistency. Its a minor change, so do you think this one could be rolled into the next RHEL4 bind update?
Created attachment 114320 [details] updated init script with 'checkconf' parameter.
Yes, I'll make a 'checkconf' / 'check' argument for the next named initscript. The implementation you attached wouldn't do it though - the '$ckcf_options' variable, which includes the vital '-t' option, is only set during the 'start' function. The 'start' function already does the named-checkconfig, since without it named would start, fork a child and return 0; the child would go on to check the configuration and could fail.
You mean it'll work, but I've screwed up the options, so it won't use any :^). Indeed start already does the named-checkconf, but for consistency with httpd and so on, it's nice to have a seperate check. Thanks Jason. Whether it'd 'checkconf' or 'check', it should be the same as httpd and (in future) smb in the same release.
This is now fixed with bind-9.3.1-4 in rawhide-2005-05-18 / FC4
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