On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 01:32:28PM -0400, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 08:11:25PM +0600, V.Suresh wrote: > > What is the portmap process meant for? Shall I safely > > update-rc.d remove it? > > If you're not using NFS or NIS then you can safely remove it. Those are > the 2 main services that need it. > > Don't use update-rc.d remove, though. If you ever upgrade your system > it will restore all the symlinks to the default configuration. Instead > just remove the 'S' symlinks (the ones that start portmap) by hand. > Leave the 'K' symlinks. If you leave some symlinks in place then > your configuration won't be overwritten when you upgrade.
well! this brings up an interesting point -- is there a DEBIAN-happy way to permanently remove an /etc/init.d/* service? this wholesale 'rm' stuff sounds hacky for such a streamlined apt-friendly distribution. what's the debian way of purging-inits-for-posterity? -- DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #12 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Where is the DOCUMENTATION? It's all over the place... and there's lots of it. Much was written for non-debian distributions, and much was written long, long ago. But try these anyhow: on your own system, try "man" and "info" and "apropos", and also look under /usr/share/doc/<package>* ... Online, there's linuxdoc.org, debianhelp.org, and debian.org/doc/ of course. Also try http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/general/index-deb-help-sys.html Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
