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From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org>
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Subject: Re: dhclient not desired...
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Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> writes:

> When setting up a new 10.3 system, I set a fixed IP address.
> But I still see the following message in the log:
>   devd: Executing '/etc/rc.d/dhclient quietstart xl0'
>
> Is there something one should set in rc.conf to prevent dhclient from running?

Look at ps(1). Is it running?

Running /etc/rc.d/dhclient does not run /sbin/dhclient unless configured
to do so.