Is there any way to temporarily prevent a script from loading in certain runlevel?

davidas · 04-12-2004, 04:43 AM

How should I go about disabling a script from loading in a certain runlevel (eg. runlevel 2) without deleting off the symbolic in /etc/rc2.d ?aka Redhat's chkconfig command.

Thanks !

EcceVery · 04-12-2004, 04:53 AM

I don't know if this helps you, but if you rename the files staring with a capital 'S' to a capital 'K' in the /etc/rc2.d directory they wont launch at that runlevel. Example:

S99xdm -> K99xdm

would prevent xdm from starting.

sims · 04-12-2004, 08:35 AM

You can also use update-rc.d. If you for example want to start xdm only in runlevel 3:

# remove current startup links
update-rc.d -f xdm remove

# create new links
update-rc.d xdm start 99 3 . stop 99 0 1 2 4 5 6 .

man update-rc.d ! =)

jschiwal · 04-12-2004, 08:57 AM

A program designed to do just that is: chkconfig

chkconfig [--level levels] name <on|off|reset>

Typing chkconfig --list name will display on which run levels a service runs.

sims · 04-12-2004, 09:01 AM

jschiwal: Ehm, chkconfig in debian? Don't think so...

jschiwal · 04-12-2004, 09:12 AM

Sorry, I didn't read the question carefully enough.