Re: Disable a service
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 3:48 AM, Thilo Six <T.Six@gmx.de> wrote:
> John A. Sullivan III wrote the following on 10.04.2011 01:32
>>
>> Once I took the time to learn how to use it, RedHat's chkconfig worked
>> very well and it was simple to use (chkconfig <service> on, chkconfig
>> <service> off, chkconfig --list <service>, chkconfig --add <service>. I
>> wonder if that's what insserv is trying to do.
>
> Recently there has been a dicussion on debinan-devel about this topic.
> People here probably are surprised but updated-rc.d isn´t for the admin.
> It´s purpose is for the debian-developer only, used in the package scripts.
>
> Currently there just doesn´t exist a proper way to handle services in debian.
>
> Read:
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.bugs.general/764253/focus=159015
>
> ...but apprently although developers think update-rc.d isn´t for me i use it
> still as it is the only periphery usable solution currently.
I've suggested the use of update-rc.d and invoke-rc.d here and on
ubuntu-users and been told that they're not meant for users/sysadmins.
I hope that your link (thanks; I'll check it out later today) explains
why, because I've never seen any bad effects from their use.
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