On Apr 8, 2005 6:06 PM, Geoff Reidy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Palmer wrote: > > >> > >>For what it's worth... the program "ntsysv" provides an interactive text > >>mode interface which might be a bit easier to work with than renaming links. > >>It's standard on RedHat... I'd be stunned if it wasn't widely available > >>on just about every other distribution too. > > > > > > Nothing about ntsysv in the package cache; but "apt-cache search sysv init > > conf" gives: > > > > ksysv - KDE SysV-style init configuration editor > > runit-run - a UNIX init scheme with service supervision > > sysv-rc-conf - SysV init runlevel configuration tool for the terminal > > sysvconfig - A text menu based utility for configuring init script links > > > > I would say all of those bar the second one would fit the bill. I'm > > astounded that the GNOME version (there will *surely* be one) didn't come > > up... > > > > > >>The only hard bit is remembering the name "ntsysv" which certainly doesn't > >>provide any mnemonic in my frame of reference for "that program that renames > >>the symlinks for you". > > > > > > No less easy-to-remember than 'mv' for the same operation. <grin> > > > >>Maybe debian has the same feature under a different > >>name (that wouldn't surprise me in the least). > > > > > > In grand Debian style, we appear to have a plethora of them. > > > > - Matt > > > > You missed rcconf :) Seems to do the right thing with the sym links. > > Geoff > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html >
Thanks all for the suggestions. I think it may be a bug as I changed all the S's to K's via the remove and stop directives to update-rc.d. Guess that's what you expect when playing with SID. Update -- It seems to work now. For those who want to use it # update-rc.d -f remove blah # update-rc.d blah stop NN 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 . -- James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
