[SOLVED] Linux services - disable startup but preserve the kill
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Linux services - disable startup but preserve the kill
Hi,
I am aware of the chckconfig on/off which disables the automatic service startups during the system boot (in the specified run levels).
When I run the
Code:
chckconfig myservice off
it removes both the S and K links from the rcN.d directories. However I want only to disable the automatic startups but preserve the kill orders (i.e the K symlinks). Is, instead of using the chkconfig off, removing the link from the relevant runlevel (/etc/rcN.d) the only way to perform this? Or is there any standard way of doing this?
The background is, I have some manual services in the server which may be started by some applications during the server's lifetime. And if the server is shutdown, the services should go through the proper stop procedure. If I do chkconfig off, what happens is, when the server is shutdown, the processes are SIGTERM'd which is an undesired behaviour.
Please let me know if I am not clear in this regard.
Hi,
I am aware of the chckconfig on/off which disables the automatic service startups during the system boot (in the specified run levels). When I run the
Code:
chckconfig myservice off
it removes both the S and K links from the rcN.d directories. However I want only to disable the automatic startups but preserve the kill orders (i.e the K symlinks). Is, instead of using the chkconfig off, removing the link from the relevant runlevel (/etc/rcN.d) the only way to perform this? Or is there any standard way of doing this?
The background is, I have some manual services in the server which may be started by some applications during the server's lifetime. And if the server is shutdown, the services should go through the proper stop procedure. If I do chkconfig off, what happens is, when the server is shutdown, the processes are SIGTERM'd which is an undesired behaviour.
Well, it does seem obvious that if the chkconfig function removes both the kill and start links, that removing the start-link manually would accomplish what you're after. An "rm <filename>" is all you need, isn't it?
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