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On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 2:31 PM, <peter@vfemail.net> wrote:

>
> I have a FreeBSD server that, among other things, used to provide DNS for a
> handful of domain names and a small network.  All DNS is now provided by new
> machines.  On the old machine, DNS starts when the machine boots, and bind
> continues to run lots of useless named and named-xfer processes throughout
> the day.  How do I turn off the DNS processes on the old machine and stop it
> from starting every time the machine boots?
>
>
Edit /etc/rc.conf and change the "YES" to "NO" on the line that says
named_enable=


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