From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 26 16:47:41 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 867C1106566B for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:47:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@vfemail.net) Received: from vfemail.net (dotsevenfive.vfemail.net [69.11.239.75]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1503C8FC14 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:47:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 63234 invoked by uid 89); 26 Apr 2010 16:46:16 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO freequeue.vfemail.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 26 Apr 2010 16:46:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 63137 invoked by uid 89); 26 Apr 2010 16:45:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO www-51-2.vfemail.net) (vfemail@172.16.100.51) by FreeQueue with SMTP; 26 Apr 2010 16:45:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 70675 invoked by uid 89); 26 Apr 2010 16:47:23 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 70667, pid: 70670, t: 0.1516s scanners:none Received: from unknown (HELO Bacchus.vfemail.net) (cGV0ZXJAdmZlbWFpbC5uZXQ=@67.101.12.44) by 172.16.100.51 with ESMTPA; 26 Apr 2010 16:47:23 -0000 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:46:55 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: peter@vfemail.net In-Reply-To: <20100420163131.973941065670@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20100420122612.AF005106564A@hub.freebsd.org> <20100420135751.A236B106572D@hub.freebsd.org> <4BCDB4E1.5010202@eskk.nu> <20100420163131.973941065670@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-Id: <20100426164741.867C1106566B@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Disabling DNS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:47:41 -0000 I overlooked something significant after disabling our old DNS server. I neglected to update the /etc/resolv.conf file to specify the IP address of a valid nameserver. ------- At 11:53 AM 4/20/2010, peter@vfemail.net wrote: >Super! Thank you. > >------- > >At 11:40 AM 4/20/2010, Michael Powell wrote: >>Leslie Jensen wrote: >> >>> On 2010-04-20 15:41, peter@vfemail.net wrote: >>>> >>>> I can change named_enable="YES" to named_enable="NO" in the /etc/rc.conf >>>> file. Should I delete the following line from the /etc/rc.conf file that >>>> says: >>[snip] >>> >>> >>> I would suggest that you remove both lines. >>> >>> named is off by default in /etc/defaults/rc.conf >>> >> >>To expand a little. The defaults mentioned here reside in /etc/defaults. The >>files under /etc/defaults should not be edited or changed as they can get >>overwritten during upgrades. The file /etc/rc.conf is designed to contain >>overrides to alter or change the default behaviors. It is the one to edit, >>not the ones under /etc/defaults. >> >>So yes, pretty much all of the suggestions will turn DNS off. You can safely >>delete the lines in /etc/rc.conf. Should you need to put them back in at >>some time in the future you can look these lines up in >>/etc/defaults/rc.conf, then edit /etc/rc.conf accordingly. >> >>-Mike >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"