* Maximiliano Curia (maxy@gnuservers.com.ar) [060515 10:35]: > On Monday 15 May 2006 13:31, Lee Braiden wrote: > > On Monday 15 May 2006 16:09, Uwe Hermann wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > just a random question I wanted to ask for quite a while now: > > > > > > What is "the Debian way" to prevent any daemon from ever starting, > > > whether upon reboot, upon upgrade, upon new install etc. > > > > > > I know I can do > > > > > > * /etc/init.d/foobar stop > > > * /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f foobar remove > > > > Not the debian way, but since there doesn't seem to be one (I thought > > update-rc.d or rcconf did it fine, until now :), you can also put: > > > > echo "This daemon has been disabled" > > exit 0 > > > > near the top of the init.d scripts :) > > using a /etc/default/daemon > DAEMON=disable > > and a small check in the init.d script is what lots of packages actually do. I think Uwe wanted them to not start automatically at boot but to be able to invoke the init script manually. Both of these ideas prevent the manual invocation as well. -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." -- Barry Goldwater
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