On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 20:29, Bob Proulx wrote: > Kent West wrote: > > Jeff Hahn wrote: > > > > >I'm setting up a "test" debian server (contemplating a move of several > > >redhat boxes) [snip] > Every Redhat user asks about chkconfig. Having used Redhat myself I > always needed to edit the init.d script, set the run level, save, run > chkconfig to create the symlinks, then invoke the script when > installing a new package. But on Debian none of that is needed. Not > needing to run chkconfig has left many people stymied. How do you > install the symlinks? You don't need to because by default they are > installed automatically.
Note, though, a mid-sized gotcha: all (well, almost all) the symlinks in /etc/rc2.d will be S20<blah>. This is because the package maintainer doesn't know where in the boot sequence that *you* want the app to run. Thus, you'll have to mv S20foo to whatever number you want... [snip] -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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]
