Read the error message. It will tell you where a write instance is and a read instance is or where two write instances are. In this case it is on lines 7 and 3 of junk.conf (junk.conf:7 and junk.conf:3).
% cat junk.conf zone "a" IN { type master; file "x"; }; zone "b" { type slave; file "x"; masters { 1.1.1.1; }; }; % named-checkconf junk.conf junk.conf:7: writeable file 'x': already in use: junk.conf:3 % And a example of a shared master file being processed cleanly. % cat shared.conf zone "a" IN { type master; file "x"; }; zone "b" { type master; file "x"; }; % named-checkconf shared.conf % Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users