That occurs because that is how it is packaged in the .deb when you download and update it. Unless you package your own from source there is no work around. That is something configured in the source or when you package the application I cant remember what way it is don't off the top of my head.
So Basically you will need to get the source and configure it to your machine and package it with the install and update rd.d function turned off. -----Original Message----- From: Preben Randhol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 11:25 AM To: debian-security@lists.debian.org Subject: Why is proftpd always started when one update it? Hi This is really annoying and insecure. I have proftpd installed on my debian in those rare occations I cannot use SSH to transfer files from another computer. However I do not want proftpd to run except when I start it manually myself and after the transfer I turn it off. I saw now that there was an security alert for proftpd so I updated it and again it put up symlinks in /etc/rcX.d/ so that the proftpd starts when I boot the system. I had to do a update-rc.d -f proftpd remove again. The first times I updated proftpd (and other servers) I didn't notice that after an update it started them up even though I had turned that off, so I was surprised to find them running. I think that you should get asked if you want to start up the servers at boot time when you install one. I don't find it good security practise to just assume the installer wants it running at all times. And I don't understand why this is still the default behaviour of Debian GNU/Linux. If somebody could explain why it is like this it would be nice. Thanks in advance. Preben Randhol -- Ada95 is good for you. http://www.crystalcode.com/codemage/MainMenu/Coding/Ada/IntroducingAda.php -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
