Re: "debian rookie" trying to get his bearings...

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "David" == David Z Maze <David> writes:

    David> "Jeff Hahn" <jeffh@gryphongardens.com> writes:
    >> I'm setting up a "test" debian server (contemplating a move of
    >> several redhat boxes)

    >> One quick question to get me going a little better...  How do
    >> you install services (apache, samba, whatever) and NOT have
    >> them start on system startup?

    David> Probably the easiest way is to 'rm /etc/rc2.d/S20apache',
    David> etc. as root.  

IMHO this is almost the Debian Way to do this. I would actually
suggest 'mv /etc/rc2.d/S20apache /etc/rc2.d/K20apache' and so on for
each service you want to shutdown in runlevel 2.

Cheers!
Shyamal