On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi, > > From: Frank Copeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Some more port closing questions > Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:33:37 +0000 (UTC) > > > On 30 Jul 02 23:24:50 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Ah, that would be nice too. I know that the first thing I usually do > > > when I boot my laptop is to stop a bunch of daemons that started > > > up at boot (-; > > > > # update-rc.d -f somedaemon remove > > From update-rc.d(8), I take it this: > > removes any links in the /etc/rcrunlevel.d directories to the > script /etc/init.d/name. The script must have been deleted > already - update-rc.d checks for this. > > I don't think that's what I want -- I want the software installed, > just not started by default. [snip] The "-f" takes care of that. It makes the update-rc.d ignore the check for an init-script in /etc/init.d regards, Thomas -- Every increase in the size of government necessitates a decrease in an individual's freedom. -- Christian Harold Fletcher Riley