From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 20 16:31:31 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 973941065670 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:31:31 +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 BC0148FC25 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:31:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 34519 invoked by uid 89); 20 Apr 2010 16:30:08 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO freequeue.vfemail.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 20 Apr 2010 16:30:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 33922 invoked by uid 89); 20 Apr 2010 16:29:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO www-52-2.vfemail.net) (vfemail@172.16.100.52) by FreeQueue with SMTP; 20 Apr 2010 16:29:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 73071 invoked by uid 89); 20 Apr 2010 16:31:12 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 73065, pid: 73068, t: 0.1756s scanners:none Received: from unknown (HELO Bacchus.vfemail.net) (cGV0ZXJAdmZlbWFpbC5uZXQ=@67.101.12.44) by 172.16.100.52 with ESMTPA; 20 Apr 2010 16:31:12 -0000 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:53:16 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: peter@vfemail.net In-Reply-To: References: <20100420122612.AF005106564A@hub.freebsd.org> <20100420135751.A236B106572D@hub.freebsd.org> <4BCDB4E1.5010202@eskk.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-Id: <20100420163131.973941065670@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: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:31:31 -0000 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"