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Re: Setting progs at a runlevel



    "Jeff" == Jeff Elkins <jeffelkins@earthlink.net> writes:

    Jeff> As a RH refugee, I'm used to running the 'setup' program to
    Jeff> enable/disable program startups at runtime. For Debian, am I
    Jeff> correct in cd'ing to the /etc/rcX.d dir and moving
    Jeff> SXXprogram to KXXprogram to disable it?

Yes, this is the correct thing to do.

    Jeff> If so, is there a better way?

No. However do 'man update-rc.d' because if you are a package
maintainer you *must* do it like that in package maintenance
scripts. It is also good to know about it, but I cannot for a moment
recommend it over 'mv' ;-)

Cheers!
Shyamal



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