Bug#102210: marked as done (dpkg: starts up service even if service is disabled in current runlevel)
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Subject: dpkg: starts up service even if service is disabled in current runlevel
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.9.12
Severity: wishlist
i don't know if this is a dpkg-related wish: i install a lot of
services on my notebook which i normaly don't use. i remove the links
from /etc/rc2.d/ for those service that i don't need. if i want one of
those i start those by hand or change the runlevel. if i do an upgrade
of the system dpkg (or the scripts of the packages) start up those
serveces regardless if the links a present or not for the current
runlevel which opens up security holes in my opinion. should those
scripts look at the current runlevel and into the corresponding
directory?
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux marvin 2.4.5-686 #1 Sun May 27 18:03:50 EST 2001 i686 unknown
Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.3-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii libncurses5 5.2.20010318-2 Shared libraries for terminal handling
ii libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-0.01060 The GNU stdc++ library
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Subject: Not a bug in dpkg
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> i don't know if this is a dpkg-related wish: i install a lot of
> services on my notebook which i normaly don't use. i remove the links
> from /etc/rc2.d/ for those service that i don't need.
That is the wrong thing to do. To disable a service in runlevel x
you must replace any S sumlink in /etc/rcx.d/ with a K symlink.
Often the sequence number of the K symlink is 100 minus the
sequence number of the S symlink.
> if i want one of
> those i start those by hand or change the runlevel. if i do an upgrade
> of the system dpkg (or the scripts of the packages) start up those
> serveces regardless if the links a present or not for the current
> runlevel which opens up security holes in my opinion.
This isn't dpkg's fault. Debian just doesn't support "manual"
control of services. Adding support requires modifying invoke-rc.d
and adding "try-restart" support to service initscripts.
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Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>
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