Re: [tlug] script to disable / enable processes in rc?.d/

[Keith Bawden <isdj@example.com>]

Scott VanDusen wrote:
> Maybe my post wasn't clear-  I mentioned that I do use update-rc.d -f 
> service remove for this, but the issue is that it removes every 
> instance of symlink to the service, as well as the number that the 
> service initially had been assigned. From what I understand (and I 
> might be wrong) the number assigned determines when the service is 
> loaded during boot sequence, and therefore to preserve that the docs 
> say change the service prefix S to a K, and change the number to 100 
> minus initial number. So my objective wasn't to remove all of the 
> symlinks, I wanted to change them. That way in the future if I wanted 
> to add the service again I could use the proper # instead of the 
> default 20. It's probably no big deal when they load though.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Scott VanDusen
Hello,

Does this help?

update-rc.d service start 100 2 3 4 5 . stop 100 0 1 6 .

Regards, Keith