Comments on: Creating a Daemon in Debian Linux http://girasoli.org/?p=120 A blend of Retro Technology, Amateur Radio, and Educational Psychology... Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:00:55 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: bkil http://girasoli.org/?p=120&cpage=1#comment-108392 bkil Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:00:10 +0000 http://girasoli.org/?p=120#comment-108392 man update-rc.d >>> A common system administration error is to delete the links with the thought that this will "disable" the service, i.e., that this will pre- vent the service from being started. However, if all links have been deleted then the next time the package is upgraded, the package's postinst script will run update-rc.d again and this will reinstall links at their factory default locations. The correct way to disable services is to configure the service as stopped in all runlevels in which it is started by default. In the System V init system this means renaming the service's symbolic links from S to K. <<>> To disable a script in this directory, rename it so that it begins with a 'K'. <<< Cheers! bkil man update-rc.d
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A common system administration error is to delete the links with the
thought that this will “disable” the service, i.e., that this will pre-
vent the service from being started. However, if all links have been
deleted then the next time the package is upgraded, the package’s
postinst script will run update-rc.d again and this will reinstall
links at their factory default locations. The correct way to disable
services is to configure the service as stopped in all runlevels in
which it is started by default. In the System V init system this means
renaming the service’s symbolic links from S to K.
<<>>
To disable a script in this directory, rename it so that it begins with
a ‘K’.
<<<

Cheers!
bkil

]]> By: Cighir R. Victor http://girasoli.org/?p=120&cpage=1#comment-90664 Cighir R. Victor Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:26:17 +0000 http://girasoli.org/?p=120#comment-90664 Great tutorial, really! Simple and sweet! 10x a lot Great tutorial, really! Simple and sweet! 10x a lot

]]> By: Soleone http://girasoli.org/?p=120&cpage=1#comment-88854 Soleone Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:25:30 +0000 http://girasoli.org/?p=120#comment-88854 Thanks a lot that really helped me!! Thanks a lot that really helped me!!

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