How do I stop an init.d server from running on boot, but still allow running it manually?
asked Jan 4, 2013 at 0:59
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2 Answers
See the man page for update-rc.d.
To stop a service from running at boot:
update-rc.d -f servicename remove
Or:
update-rc.d servicename stop 20 2 3 4 5 .
If you have Debian squeeze or later, or Ubuntu 12.10 or later:
update-rc.d servicename disable
To allow a service to run at boot:
update-rc.d servicename defaults
If you have Debian squeeze or later, or Ubuntu 12.10 or later:
update-rc.d servicename enable
To run the service manually:
service servicename start
service servicename restart
To stop the service manually:
service servicename stop
answered Jan 4, 2013 at 1:00
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1According to the manpage,
-f servicename removeis technically only supposed to be used when you're removing the associated initscript entirely;disableis more correct.– tgiesJan 4, 2013 at 2:14 -
1@tgies The
disableoption may not exist on the target system. It appears to have been introduced in squeeze, and doesn't exist on Ubuntu systems at all. Jan 4, 2013 at 2:17 -
It definitely exists on at least Ubuntu 12.10; I actually had occasion to use it yesterday. sysv-rc version 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu13. But I didn't know it was a recently-added thing, so thank you.– tgiesJan 4, 2013 at 2:27
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@MichaelHampton as a note, all versions of Debian older than Squeeze have reached end of life. Lenny is no longer covered by the security team. Jan 4, 2013 at 20:08
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@MatthewFlaschen I've incorporated those into my answer. Keep in mind that we like answers that will be useful not only today, but hopefully years from now. :) Jan 4, 2013 at 20:15
On Debian Squeeze and up:
sudo update-rc.d server-name disable
To reverse:
sudo update-rc.d server-name enable
answered Jan 4, 2013 at 1:00
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@MichaelHampton, what distro and version are you on? They exist on Debian Wheezy. Jan 4, 2013 at 2:06
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Looks like these were introduced with Squeeze. So don't count on them being present on your legacy systems. Jan 4, 2013 at 2:10