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Ubuntu - rcconf

Install

apt-get install rcconf

# Install dialog if not installed already
sudo apt-get install dialog

Usage

• List services

root@soc0:/home/Jon# rcconf --list
ondemand on
apache2 on
apparmor on
pppd-dns on
rsync on
openipmi on
sudo on
. . .

• Disable a service at startup

root@soc0:/home/Jon# rcconf --off dnsmasq
update-rc.d: warning: dnsmasq start runlevel arguments (none) do not match LSB Default-Start values (2 3 4 5)
update-rc.d: warning: dnsmasq stop runlevel arguments (0 1 2 3 4 5 6) do not match LSB Default-Stop values (0 1 6)
 Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/dnsmasq ...
   /etc/rc0.d/K85dnsmasq -> ../init.d/dnsmasq
   /etc/rc1.d/K85dnsmasq -> ../init.d/dnsmasq
   /etc/rc2.d/K85dnsmasq -> ../init.d/dnsmasq
   /etc/rc3.d/K85dnsmasq -> ../init.d/dnsmasq
   /etc/rc4.d/K85dnsmasq -> ../init.d/dnsmasq
   /etc/rc5.d/K85dnsmasq -> ../init.d/dnsmasq
   /etc/rc6.d/K85dnsmasq -> ../init.d/dnsmasq

• Enable a service at startup

root@soc0:/home/Jon# rcconf --on dnsmasq