> I have been using Debian for many years now. In all of that time I
> have never wanted to "manage" init scripts. I always wonder. What
> are people trying to do?
> What is more complicated than this. If you want it then install it.
> If you don't want it then remove or purge it. With those two commands
> all management is handled automatically.
I don't know need/use multiple run-levels. But I do wish it were
easier/standard to disable particular services. Uninstalling the
corresponding package is not always an option (e.g. I'm thinking of the
network-manager package, for example, or a daemon which you prefer to
run "on demand" when a particular user logs in, ...).
Many daemons can be disabled via their /etc/default/foo file, but not
all and not always in the same way (e.g. for one of them I had to
put an "exit 1" in that file since there was no var for it).
Stefan
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