Newsgroups:  gmane.linux.debian.user
Date:        Fri, 09 Jul 2004 18:11:27 -0400

Q: In RedHat, the chkconfig can also be used to generate a code skeleton that have start/stop, etc. Can we do it in debian?

Q: what is the right way to specify a service that only has start but no stop?

I just can't get it right. from the man page it is:

,-----
|  update-rc.d [-n] name defaults [NN | NN-start NN-stop]
`-----

% update-rc.d local defaults 80-start
update-rc.d: error: codenumber must be a number between 0 and 99
usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove
       update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | sNN kNN]

% update-rc.d local defaults s80
update-rc.d: error: codenumber must be a number between 0 and 99
       update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] .

% update-rc.d local start 80
update-rc.d: error: expected runlevel [0-9S] (did you forget "." ?)

% update-rc.d local start 80 .
update-rc.d: error: expected runlevel [0-9S] (did you forget "." ?)

> I just can't get it right. from the man page it is:
>
> ,-----
> |  update-rc.d [-n] name defaults [NN | NN-start NN-stop]
> `-----
>
> % update-rc.d local defaults 80-start

update-rc.d name defaults NN
update-rc.d name defaults NN-start NN-stop

> what is the right way to specify a service that only has start but no
> stop?
>
> % update-rc.d local start 80 .

station:~# update-rc.d local start 80 2 3 4 5 .
 Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/local ...
   /etc/rc2.d/S80local -> ../init.d/local
   /etc/rc3.d/S80local -> ../init.d/local
   /etc/rc4.d/S80local -> ../init.d/local
   /etc/rc5.d/S80local -> ../init.d/local
station:~#