On Monday 15 May 2006 11:09, 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.
> ... > How would you go about ensuring that _no daemon at all_ is ever started > on your system, except when you explicitly type "etc/init.d/foobar start"? Setting the default run level to 'single user' should nearly do the trick. Change /etc/inittab, thusly: # The default runlevel. id:S:initdefault: It might not be the Debian way, but it's the unix way. :) :) Neal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

