From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 31 15:11:36 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A585F16A418 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:11:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: from smtp1.tls.net (smtp1.tls.net [65.196.224.82]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C59213C442 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:11:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: (qmail 79938 invoked from network); 31 Dec 2007 15:11:35 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.2.3 ppid: 79927, pid: 79934, t: 0.1934s scanners: attach: 1.2.3 clamav: 0.91.1/m:45/d:5307 spam: 3.2.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on smtp1.tls.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=20.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=disabled version=3.2.1 Received: from 208-70-40-123.bb.hrtc.net (HELO ?192.168.0.109?) (ldg%tls.net@208.70.40.123) by auth-smtp1.tls.net with ESMTPA; 31 Dec 2007 15:11:35 -0000 Message-ID: <4779071A.2020506@pixelhammer.com> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:13:30 -0500 From: DAve User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: User questions References: <542F8326-4A77-42AA-9FFF-CB8C6AD8756A@goldmark.org> <20071230234432.3389a010.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <3B585815-EC68-400E-901D-A594402DD874@goldmark.org> In-Reply-To: <3B585815-EC68-400E-901D-A594402DD874@goldmark.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: How to not start syslogd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:11:36 -0000 Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > On Dec 30, 2007, at 10:44 PM, Bill Moran wrote: > >> Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > >>> Putting >>> >>> syslogd_enable="NO" >>> >>> into /etc/rc.conf did not prevent it from starting. >> >> The above works on every system I've done it to (which is quite a few). >> >> I suspect you've either got a typo in your rc.conf, [...] > > Yep. It was a typo. I should let this be a reminder to always copy and > paste such things into email instead of retyping. What I had in my > rc.conf was really > > syslog_enable="NO" > > Notice the missing "d'. > Small hint shown to me many years ago when enabling things in rc.conf. If I want to startup ipfilter for example (trimmed to avoid wrapping). bash-2.05b# cat /etc/defaults/rc.conf | grep ^ipfilter Returns the following, ipfilter_enable="NO" # Set to YES to enable ipfilter ipfilter_program="/sbin/ipf" # where the ipfilter program lives ipfilter_rules="/etc/ipf.rules" # rules definition file for ipfilter, ipfilter_flags="" # additional flags for ipfilter If it looks like what you want then write it into your running rc.conf, cat /etc/defaults/rc.conf | grep ^ipfilter >> /etc/rc.conf Then you can edit to enable, add flags, etc. Cures the typos. DAve -- Google finally, after 7 years, provided a logo for veterans. Thank you Google. What to do with my signature now?