Search Again: Re: 3 questions From: Global Homes Webmaster Date: Monday, January 7, 2002 Time: 2:00:16 pm On 01/07/02 at 14:23, Len Conrad wrote: > > >Are you sure about that, Chris? I've got a /usr/sbin/named in my OSX 10.1.2 > >stock install, no QDNS installed. '/usr/sbin/named -v' yields: > > > > % /usr/sbin/named -v > > named 8.2.3-REL Sun Sep 2 19:46:11 PDT 2001 > > root@diopter:/private/var/tmp/bind/bind-6.obj~71/bin/named > > > >Looks suspiciously like BIND 8.2.3 to me (although I haven't actually > >tried to run it except to get the version number). > > It looks like Mac does like most *nix's: BIND is part of the base OS, with > the binary present (but not necessarily activated). Yes, that's my understanding. > if Mac is now as FreeBSD-ish as I've heard, > > man rc.conf > > ... should show how to activate it. The man page for rc.conf is missing in OS X, but my understanding is that it does use rc scripts at startup to some extent or another. However, the preferred approach in OS X is to add appropriate files to either /Library/StartupItems or /System/Library/StartupItems. The top of /etc/rc includes the comment: # Customize system startup by adding scripts to the startup # directory, rather than editing this file. Christopher Bort | cbort@globalhomes.com Webmaster, Global Homes | webmaster@globalhomes.com <http://www.globalhomes.com/> | PGP public key available on request

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