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In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Petro writes: >On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 09:39:02PM -0800, Ted Cabeen wrote: >> You shouldn't use the update-rc.d script to remove init.d scripts. If you >> do, when you upgrade the package, all of the scripts should be reinstalled. >> Read the man page for update-rc.d for info on how to turn off a service and >> ensure that it won't be re-enabled on upgrade. A lot of people seem to do >> this, but it will eventually cause problems. update-rc.d was written for >> scripts to use, not administrators. > > Then what should one use (other than manual intervention) to manage > init.d symlinks? RTFM. :) Remove all of the init.d symlinks except for one K(ill) link. If even one link exists, the update-rc.d script won't reinstall the links on upgrade. - -- Ted Cabeen http://www.pobox.com/~secabeen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check Website or Keyserver for PGP/GPG Key BA0349D2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I have taken all knowledge to be my province." -F. Bacon [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Human kind cannot bear very much reality."-T.S.Eliot [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (OpenBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE8bENToayJfLoDSdIRAp2jAJwNJXPIUvLaz8uksS0awdK48+XyCQCfZLaI +/3viXpIUb0qb6scAbF9dxA= =KdBz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
