Tim Haynes wrote: > Adam Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 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? > > No real answer from me, but I've noticed this too - whenever I `apt-get > dist-upgrade' and get a new version of a package, it starts the services > required. Don't like it. I really want to be able to specify otherwise.
There's recently been quite a discussion about this here or on debian-firewall. There are proposals to register somewhere whether you want an installed service started or not (on a per-service basis). Look at the archives for details. HTH, Erik. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik Laan elaan at dds.nl (preferred), elaan at freeler.nl (messages >1Mb) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
