On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 10:29, Sharninder wrote: > this *will not* break the system in any way .. i have been doing it on my > system since long and nothing has happened ... I know that the right way > to do it is using the update-rc program but as far as i know this program > also only creates links between /etc/init.d and /etc/rcX.d. so my method > of just renaming files in the particular runlevel works ... as it is u r > only renaming links to actual files in /etc/init.d ... > and it will not make xdm/gdm unusable in any other runlevels because all > runlevels have their own links to /etc/init.d
yes, that's right, i didn't read it carefully enough before. but still you must admit that this isn't a neat way of doing things. the startup script for that runlevel may still look for whatever you renamed that link to, and not finding it, throw an error message. to avoid being crude, one should use the tools that are provided for this purpose. - t. -- cogito, ergo es. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
