Comments on: Manage Linux init or startup scripts http://www.debianadmin.com/manage-linux-init-or-startup-scripts.html Debian/Ubuntu Linux System Administration Tutorials,Howtos,Tips Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eugene http://www.debianadmin.com/manage-linux-init-or-startup-scripts.html/comment-page-1#comment-7955 Eugene Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:19:23 +0000 http://www.debianadmin.com/manage-linux-init-or-startup-scripts.html#comment-7955 "man update-rc.d" says: <cite> INSTALLING INIT SCRIPT LINKS ... A common system administration error is to delete the links with the thought that this will "disable" the service, i.e., that this will prevent 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. ... EXAMPLES Example of disabling a service: update-rc.d -f foobar remove update-rc.d foobar stop 20 2 3 4 5 . </cite> It seems to me that correct way for disabling samba requires one more line: "update-rc.d samba stop 20 2 3 4 5 ." in addition to mentioned "update-rc.d samba remove" in the article above. “man update-rc.d” says:

INSTALLING INIT SCRIPT LINKS
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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 prevent 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.
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EXAMPLES
Example of disabling a service:
update-rc.d -f foobar remove
update-rc.d foobar stop 20 2 3 4 5 .

It seems to me that correct way for disabling samba requires one more line: “update-rc.d samba stop 20 2 3 4 5 .” in addition to mentioned “update-rc.d samba remove” in the article above.

]]> By: Quasaur http://www.debianadmin.com/manage-linux-init-or-startup-scripts.html/comment-page-1#comment-1509 Quasaur Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:55:22 +0000 http://www.debianadmin.com/manage-linux-init-or-startup-scripts.html#comment-1509 I'm trying to get a consensus on the optimal order in which these services should be loaded...? Quasaur I’m trying to get a consensus on the optimal order in which these services should be loaded…?

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