Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:13:30 -0500 From: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> To: User questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to not start syslogd Message-ID: <4779071A.2020506@pixelhammer.com> In-Reply-To: <3B585815-EC68-400E-901D-A594402DD874@goldmark.org> References: <542F8326-4A77-42AA-9FFF-CB8C6AD8756A@goldmark.org> <20071230234432.3389a010.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <3B585815-EC68-400E-901D-A594402DD874@goldmark.org>
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Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > On Dec 30, 2007, at 10:44 PM, Bill Moran wrote: > >> Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org> wrote: > >>> Putting >>> >>> syslogd_enable="NO" >>> >>> into /etc/rc.conf did not prevent it from starting. >> >> The above works on every system I've done it to (which is quite a few). >> >> I suspect you've either got a typo in your rc.conf, [...] > > Yep. It was a typo. I should let this be a reminder to always copy and > paste such things into email instead of retyping. What I had in my > rc.conf was really > > syslog_enable="NO" > > Notice the missing "d'. > Small hint shown to me many years ago when enabling things in rc.conf. If I want to startup ipfilter for example (trimmed to avoid wrapping). bash-2.05b# cat /etc/defaults/rc.conf | grep ^ipfilter Returns the following, ipfilter_enable="NO" # Set to YES to enable ipfilter ipfilter_program="/sbin/ipf" # where the ipfilter program lives ipfilter_rules="/etc/ipf.rules" # rules definition file for ipfilter, ipfilter_flags="" # additional flags for ipfilter If it looks like what you want then write it into your running rc.conf, cat /etc/defaults/rc.conf | grep ^ipfilter >> /etc/rc.conf Then you can edit to enable, add flags, etc. Cures the typos. DAve -- Google finally, after 7 years, provided a logo for veterans. Thank you Google. What to do with my signature now?
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