Bind failing to start on new 9.9.4 server

[Reindl Harald]

Am 09.02.2017 um 15:53 schrieb Robert Moskowitz:
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> On 02/09/2017 09:31 AM, Ray Bellis wrote:
>> On 09/02/2017 14:28, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>> I am migrating to Centos7 from Centos6.  Going from Bind 9.8.2 to 9.9.4,
>>> I am building this on a new server.  I currently do not have DNSSEC
>>> enabled, and not enabling it for the initial migration work.
>>>
>>> I have looked over changes in named.conf and believe I have made the
>>> necessary changes.  My named.conf is  loading as are the zone files.
>>> This is what 'systemctl -l status named' shows:
>> I'd suggest that you try starting named manually with the '-g' flag so
>> that it sends all output to stderr without forking.
>>
>> This should hopefully reveal why it's failing to start.
>>
> '-g' is not a valid option

it is but you can't have "-f" and "-g" - only one of them

usage: named [-4|-6] [-c conffile] [-d debuglevel] [-E engine] [-f|-g]
              [-n number_of_cpus] [-p port] [-s] [-S sockets] [-t chrootdir]
              [-u username] [-U listeners] [-m 
{usage|trace|record|size|mctx}]
usage: named [-v|-V]