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Re: init system policy



Matthias Urlichs <matthias@urlichs.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Philip Hands:
>> Is there any way this isn't going to be an enormous surprise to people
>> that are used to the way that Debian usually treats /etc?
>> 
> Well, instead of "edit /etc/default/FOO and search for the flag to disable
> the daemon" or the programmatic equivalent of "add a bunch of symlinks
> named K* to /etc/rc*" you run "systemd mask SERVICE", which translates to
> "add one symlink to /dev/null at /etc/systemd/system/SERVICE".

Fair enough -- "mask" is not the first thing I though of as it happens :-)

I'll see if there's some way of making the manual a bit more helpful, by
for instance mentioning in the "disable" description that the reader
might actually be looking for "mask" instead.

Cheers, Phil.
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