Re: BSD vs SysV init scripts

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Author: Patrick Fleming, EA
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To: plug-discuss
New-Topics: Runlevels and services in Slackware [WAS: Re: BSD vs SysV init scripts]
Subject: Re: BSD vs SysV init scripts


Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:


>
>
> So would I just put a K in front of any service that I don't want to
> run?
>


When I first started to play with Linux (RedHat) I didn't "get"
chkconfig either. Any service you don't want to run on a RedHat (and I
assume any RedHat based/derived system) can be easily changed by
changing the "S" to "s". At least on a RH system only links starting
with a capital "S" will actually be started. Doing this allows you to
see what you have disabled in any particular runlevel by going into that
rc*.d startup directory.

chkconfig is a pretty good tool :)

>
>>So for any given runlevel it's pretty easy to see which services
>>will be started or stopped just by looking at the symlinks. There
>>shouldn't be any need to add or delete a bunch of symlinks unless
>>you want to change what services are run by default in a particular
>>runlevel.


>
> I don't want them running. I was worried that they would run unless I
> did something to stop them.
>
>
>>and if you
>>need to start one of them up, its easy enough to just change
>>directories to /etc/init.d/ and run the startup script, usually
>>something like: ./servicename start should be all you need to do
>>get start a specific service running (at any runlevel).
>
>
> That's good to know.



>
>
> Hmmmmm.....
>
> People on this list have asked me how I can use Slackware when I'm so
> commandline-challenged and such a slow learner. I think it's because
> it's so simple and logical, and I'm just too dumb to use any of the
> "easier" distros :-p
>
> Siri Amrit
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