named gives an error "option 'check-names' is not allowed in 'forward' zone 'Zone Name'" and named service fails to start.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Updating bind package from bind-9.9.4 to bind-9.11.4 triggers an issue where named service fails to start with the following error messages.

(Example)
/etc/named.conf:40: option 'check-names' is not allowed in 'forward' zone 'abc.test.com'

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • bind-9.11.4
  • bind-chroot-9.11.4

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