Re: Feedback needed: How to disable services at startup... and keep them so.
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 2010-12-09 18:55 +0100, Camaleón wrote:
>
>> I basically see two issues here:
>>
>> 1/ We lack? for a "recommended way/Debian way" for disabling scripts
>> (this thread is plenty of alternatives and tips for doing it but
>> documentation is not very clear on the matter). I think it is important
>> for an admin to know how to disable a service, is a must in his/her basic
>> day-to-day job list.
>
> There are many ways to do this in sysvinit, and which one works best
> depends on whether you want to be able to start the service manually.
>
>> 2/ Man page of "update-rc.d" provides a method for disabling scripts that
>> do not work.
>
> I filed a bug for that (http://bugs.debian.org/606505), proposing to use
> "update-rc.d foobar disable" instead.
Thanks filling that bug, I didn't have time to send it (and your
english is better than mine :) )
I hope this issue is clarified, I don't like ugly hacks in my debian systems !
Regards,
Reply to: