Disabling DNS

[peter at vfemail.net]

I overlooked something significant after disabling our old DNS server.  I neglected to update the /etc/resolv.conf file to specify the IP address of a valid nameserver.  

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At 11:53 AM 4/20/2010, peter at vfemail.net wrote:

>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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