[H-GEN] Boot Up sequence

[Geoffrey D. Bennett]

> On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Matthew Tippett wrote:
> 
> ;On Red Hat 4.1 it is called /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S72amd.
> ;It should be a link from /etc/rc.d/init.d/amd.
> 
> 	If you intend to keep a program installed, in the true nature of
> Sys V, you should not delete these links, but replace the S, with K.
> 
> ie  /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K72amd, not /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S72amd.

I disagree.  (I'm good at that :).  K means that you want the program
stopped when going into that runlevel, but there is no point in trying
to stop it running every time you go into runlevel 3 when it wasn't
running in the first place.

S link - start program
K link - stop program
no link - no action

> 	This should be done for every runlevel you -don't- want the
> program running in.  Removing the link completely could confuse the
> poor dear.

It won't confuse it.  Not at all.

If people want to keep the program installed but not started (which
seems like an odd thing when it is so easy to install & uninstall
software) then removing the link is the best idea.  If you want to
rename the link so that when you replace it you know what number it
used to be then I'd change the capital 'S' to a lowercase 's'.  This
way it won't be started or stopped, and you still know what number it
used to be.

> The K indicates a kill for that particular runlevel, whereas
> an S indicates a start.
> 
> 	It makes sense when you think about it.

But it doesn't make sense to keep trying to kill a program that was
never started.

Regards,
-- 
Geoffrey D. Bennett (geoffrey at netcraft.com.au)
Computer Systems Manager, NetCraft Australia
http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/
Red Hat Linux Resellers: http://www.netcraft.com.au/redhat/
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