Disabling DNS

[peter at vfemail.net]

Super!  Thank you.  

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At 11:40 AM 4/20/2010, Michael Powell wrote:
>Leslie Jensen wrote:
> 
>> On 2010-04-20 15:41, peter at 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
>
>
>
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