On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:39:27 -0400 Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> > 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). What's wrong with sysv-rc-conf (although it won't work for some of the fancier stuff you have in mind, such as running daemons "on demand")? Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130415141205.62efdcce.cele...@gmail.com
