Re: /etc/init.d/ - add/remove services
From: David Z Maze (dmaze_at_debian.org)
Date: 01/30/04
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To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:55:39 -0500
mrl7d4@sbcglobal.net writes:
> What is the preferred way to add or remove a /etc/init.d/ service
> from certain runlevels?
'ln -s' and 'rm', respectively.
> The Debian Policy Manual and man pages suggest I should use
> update-rc.d rather than manipulate the symlinks directly.
They suggest that *Debian packages* use update-rc.d, not system
administrators.
> I have searched around and in the past, people have suggested to just
> manipulate the symlinks directly. Is this still the case?
Yes. The Debian infrastructure treats those as user configuration and
doesn't change them, provided you've left at least one symlink around.
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