content-type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 X-RT-Original-Encoding: utf-8 Content-Length: 1616 As you can see below, the zone is configured as type slave, but zonestatus reports the zone as master. Thanks Klaus # /dns/bind/current/sbin/named -V BIND 9.11.2 running on Linux x86_64 3.13.0-100-generic #147-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 18 16:48:51 UTC 2016 built by make with '--prefix=/dns/bind/9.11.2' '--enable-threads' '--enable-static' '--enable-ipv6=yes' '--with-openssl=yes' '--with-gssapi=no' '--enable-rrl' 'CFLAGS=-g' compiled by GCC 4.8.4 compiled with OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014 linked to OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014 compiled with libxml2 version: 2.9.1 linked to libxml2 version: 20901 compiled with zlib version: 1.2.8 linked to zlib version: 1.2.8 threads support is enabled # cat /var/cache/bind/3bf305731dd26307.nzf | sed 's/zone /\nzone /g'|grep affe.space zone "affe.space" { type slave; file "/etc/bind/zones/a/affe.space/affe.space"; masters { 62.116.130.19; }; auto-dnssec maintain; dnssec-dnskey-kskonly no; inline-signing yes; key-directory "/etc/bind/keys/a/affe.space"; }; # rndc zonestatus affe.space name: affe.space type: master files: /etc/bind/zones/a/affe.space/affe.space serial: 2016061100 signed serial: 2016061136 nodes: 1 last loaded: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 10:24:17 GMT secure: yes inline signing: yes key maintenance: automatic next key event: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 08:29:27 GMT next resign node: affe.space/TYPE65534 next resign time: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 21:30:02 GMT dynamic: yes frozen: no reconfigurable via modzone: yes -- PS: Every Secondary Counts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0if6D6IC4o