Re. 10.4.11 Combo Update

I want to install the 10.4.11 PPC Combo Update. However, mDNSResponder has been moved from /sbin to Users on my computer in order to disable Bonjour.
Will applying the Combo Update reinstall mDNSResponder to /sbin? If so, would I just move it out again (leaving two mDNSResponder files in Users?) Any other unintended consequences? Nothing else in Root has been changed.

WZZZ wrote:
I never saw -r-xr-xr-x. Don't know what it means; is that part of the file name?
No, that's the standard Unix permissions for the file (I got the information from the Receipts, which is what OS X uses to repair permissions).
… am doing the Combo to be sure I got everything
Yes the Combo will supercede all the other changes.
Anyway. just to be certain, you say, "well, yes...." This means I'll get a new mDNSResponder file back in /usr/sbin, and I'll have to move it out again?
Correct.
If I may, one more quick question about the Combo update. I'm assuming it wont restore anything to default, that all the user preferences will remain intact. Is that right?
This is also correct. The update shouldn't affect anything in the Users folder(s).

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