Re: Disabling scripts in init.d *permanently*? apt-get dist-upgrade re-enables them! (did RTFM about update-rc.d)
On 05 Nov 2005, Peter Valdemar Mørch wrote:
> Using Nessus as an example, I know how to disable it from starting
> automatically with:
> # update-rc.d -f nessusd remove
>
> But then, two weeks down the road, a new version of nessus comes along,
> and after a dist-upgrade, the service is started automatically again,
> because the nessus package calls update-rc.d to have the nessusd daemon
> start (as it should, I guess).
>
> How do I configure a service to *NEVER EVER START* automatically? So
> this choice survives a "apt-get dist-upgrade"?
>
[snip]
I generally just add "exit 0" to the beginning of the script in
/etc/init.d. I don't know if it is the "right" thing to do but it's
simple and it works.
Anthony
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