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.
------- At 11:53 AM 4/20/2010, pe...@vfemail.net wrote: >Super! Thank you. > >------- > >At 11:40 AM 4/20/2010, Michael Powell wrote: >>Leslie Jensen wrote: >> >>> On 2010-04-20 15:41, pe...@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-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
