On Monday 15 May 2006 16:09, Uwe Hermann wrote: > Hi, > > just a random question I wanted to ask for quite a while now: > > What is "the Debian way" to prevent any daemon from ever starting, > whether upon reboot, upon upgrade, upon new install etc. > > I know I can do > > * /etc/init.d/foobar stop > * /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f foobar remove
Not the debian way, but since there doesn't seem to be one (I thought update-rc.d or rcconf did it fine, until now :), you can also put: echo "This daemon has been disabled" exit 0 near the top of the init.d scripts :) -- Lee Braiden http://DigitalUnleashed.com Since war begins in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that defences of peace must be constructed. -- Constitution of UNESCO, 1945 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
