"can't redefine zone '<domain.org>'"

[Michael Voight]

Check for duplication of zones in this file.

Michael Voight
Cisco TAC

Jason Richards - Internet Alaska Sysadmin wrote:
> 
> I appear to be getting these errors all of the sudden out of named.conf,
> bind 8.2.1.
> 
> It's only for 10 domains that are consecutive in my named.conf, but I can
> find no errors. Any ideas?
> 
> Aug  8 13:57:16 ryumin named[393]: /etc/named.conf:540: cannot redefine
> zone 'ak.org' class 1
> Aug  8 13:57:16 ryumin named[393]: /etc/named.conf:545: cannot redefine
> zone 'akcf.org' class 1
> Aug  8 13:57:16 ryumin named[393]: /etc/named.conf:550: cannot redefine
> zone 'akdental.org' class 1
> Aug  8 13:57:16 ryumin named[393]: /etc/named.conf:555: cannot redefine
> zone 'akero.org' class 1
> Aug  8 13:57:16 ryumin named[393]: /etc/named.conf:560: cannot redefine
> zone 'akhome.org' class 1
> Aug  8 13:57:16 ryumin named[393]: /etc/named.conf:565: cannot redefine
> zone 'akmed.org' class 1
> Aug  8 13:57:16 ryumin named[393]: /etc/named.conf:570: cannot redefine
> zone 'akrrt.org' class 1
> Aug  8 13:57:16 ryumin named[393]: /etc/named.conf:575: cannot redefine
> zone 'aksalu.org' class 1
> Aug  8 13:57:16 ryumin named[393]: /etc/named.conf:580: cannot redefine
> zone 'aksca.org' class 1
> Aug  8 13:57:16 ryumin named[393]: /etc/named.conf:585: cannot redefine
> zone 'akswimming.org' class 1
> 
> Here's the info from /etc/named.conf
> 
> zone "ak.org" {
>         type master;
>         file "primary/org/db.ak.org";
> };
> 
> zone "akcf.org" {
>         type master;
>         file "primary/org/db.akcf.org";
> };
> 
> zone "akdental.org" {
>         type master;
>         file "primary/org/db.akdental.org";
> };
> 
> zone "akero.org" {
>         type master;
>         file "primary/org/db.akero.org";
> };
> 
> zone "akhome.org" {
>         type master;
>         file "primary/org/db.akhome.org";
> };
> 
> zone "akmed.org" {
>         type master;
>         file "primary/org/db.akmed.org";
> };
> 
> zone "akrrt.org" {
>         type master;
>         file "primary/org/db.akrrt.org";
> };
> 
> zone "aksalu.org" {
>         type master;
>         file "primary/org/db.aksalu.org";
> };
> 
> zone "aksca.org" {
>         type master;
>         file "primary/org/db.aksca.org";
> };
> 
> zone "akswimming.org" {
>         type master;
>         file "primary/org/db.akswimming.org";
> };
> 
> Jason A. Richards                                 System Administration
> jasonr at alaska.net                                  Internet Alaska, Inc
> Phone: 907.562.4638                                   Fax: 907.276.4807
>           "Ever notice how fast Windows runs? Neither did I."