On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 12:59:42PM -0700, Garrick James wrote: > [snip] > > > > It should be sufficient to do > > > update-rc.d -f portmap remove > > > update-rc.d -f lpd remove > > > update-rc.d -f bind remove > > > > As an aside, I did this with proftpd, but when I upgrade the install > > scripts restart it. Is there a proper way way to deal with this? Is > > there some debian policy relating to it? > > I usually divert the package's binary to something else. That way the init > script sees that the executable does not exist and therefore doesn't start > it. For portmap use something like: > > dpkg-divert --rename --divert /sbin/portmap.diverted /sbin/portmap > > Even if the init scripts get put back in place by un upgrade, they are > looking for /sbin/portmap and not /sbin/portmap.diverted. :-) Man > dpkg-divert for more info.
Of course that means I can no longer use /etc/init.d/proftpd start to start it :) -- Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus
