Re: Feedback needed: How to disable services at startup... and keep them so.
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 for the interesting thread,
Sven
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