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Old 06-01-2006, 08:54 AM   #1
asimov
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Question What is the RIGHT way to disable startup services?

can i just delete the S* files in /etc/rc*.d/ ?

use sysv-rc-conf ?

anther way?
 
Old 06-01-2006, 09:18 AM   #2
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afaik you should take away their execute rights. As in:
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chmod -x /etc/rc.d/S.foo
 
Old 06-01-2006, 09:43 AM   #3
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The debian way is:

update-rc.d -f service_name remove

perhaps also in Ubuntu
 
Old 06-01-2006, 10:43 AM   #4
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This is the right way to do it:
Code:
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install bum gksu
gksudo bum
 
  


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