Well it is waiting for the zone contents on stdin. Try specifying both the zone name and the file that it should be reading. -- Mark Andrews
> On 5 Jan 2025, at 07:21, f...@www.zefox.net wrote: > > I'm setting up a new, non-recursive, authoritative secondary > nameserver using FreeBSD 12.2 and bind9.18.32. It works to the > extent that runs and answers queries correctly, but attempts to use > > bob@pelorus:/usr/local/etc/namedb/slave % named-checkzone -d hosts.zefox.org > loading "hosts.zefox.org" from "-" class "IN" > > result in no further output and no return to the shell prompt. > I expected at least a return to the shell if everything is ok, > as I think it is. > > Apologies if this is, as I suspect, a naive error. I could recognize no > useful clues in the man page. > > Thanks for reading, > > bob prohaska > > -- > Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from > this list > > ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. > Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. > > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users -- Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users