Re: [users] editing /etc/init.d

["Martin F. Krafft" <madduck@madduck.net>]

also sprach john gennard (on Mon, 02 Jul 2001 03:30:03PM +0100):
> So far I've not touched this area and find the manpage for
> 'update-rc.d' a little confusing. The script to be edited is linked
> to /etc/rc0/  .... /etc/rc6/ (as defaults with runlevels and
> sequence code). Do I need to remove all of these links with -f,
> so running 'update rc.d -f xxxxxx defaults' ? 
> I presume I could run the same command with -n instead of -f
> just to have a 'look-see' -but I'm wary of touching something I
> don't yet understand. In any event this seems too simple.

you might want to look at the file-rc package, which i use
exclulsively. i find the /etc/rc?.d hierarchy too awkward to work
with, and the file-rc package makes this pretty straight forward and a
lot more contained and clearer.

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