Using Nessus as an example, I know how to disable it from starting
automatically with:
# update-rc.d -f nessusd remove
But then, two weeks down the road, a new version of nessus comes along,
and after a dist-upgrade, the service is started automatically again,
because the nessus package calls update-rc.d to have the nessusd daemon
start (as it should, I guess).
How do I configure a service to *NEVER EVER START* automatically? So
this choice survives a "apt-get dist-upgrade"?
I just 'chmod 644 script' and 'script' never gets executed or overwritten.
Patrick