On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 12:57, Kent West wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > >The Unix Way [to disable automatic starting of init scripts] is to rename > >S20apache to K20apache. That way, you can > >see what's been explicitly turned off, and you'll know that if it's > >not in /etc/rc2.d/ then it hasn't been installed. > > > >Remeber to also rename /etc/rc6.d/K??apache !!! > > > > > > > How about renaming S20apache to NOS20apache? This way, you can see at a > glance which scripts are start scripts, which are kill scripts, and > which are scripts that have been disabled by the sysadmin, as opposed to > wondering which of the K scripts were made that way by "the system' and > which were made that way by the sysadmin. > > It also might save a few nano-seconds during boot-up as the NO scripts > don't have to be parsed as do the K scripts.
That's just as valid. Really, it doesn't matter what you rename them to, since the startup only looks at S*. Me, I prefer renaming things to, for example __S20foobar. (I don't do it The Unix Way... So sue me! <grin>) -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | "Fear the Penguin!!" | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
