From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 28 21:32:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 897E416A4CE for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:32:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E80943D1F for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:32:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from dougb.net ([24.130.110.32]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with SMTP id <2004092821325001200qrrbhe>; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:32:50 +0000 Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:32:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Rob In-Reply-To: <4158F9ED.2090203@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20040928143048.U90002@qbhto.arg> References: <1096042856.24267.6.camel@purgatory.ceribus.net> <1096064849.1047.7.camel@server.mcneil.com> <4158F9ED.2090203@yahoo.com> Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proper way to run bind9 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:32:51 -0000 On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Rob wrote: > Juha Saarinen wrote: >> >> /etc/rc.conf >> >> named_enable="YES" # Run named, the DNS server (or NO). >> named_program="/usr/sbin/named" # path to named, if you want a different >> one. >> named_flags="-c /etc/namedb/named.conf -u bind" # Flags for named > > I feel that > > named_flags="-c /etc/namedb/named.conf -u bind" > > is going to be used as the default in too many cases, that it > should go into /etc/default/rc.conf. Given that this is already compiled in, and therefore completely unecessary, I don't plan to add it. This is especially meaningful when you consider all the people that are going to have problems because they spuriously added "-b /etc/namedb/named.conf" to their named_flags for BIND 8. -- This .signature sanitized for your protection