On Sunday 28 February 2010, Tim Gibney elucidated thus:
> I just installed PostgreSQL on Ubuntu so I can learn some SQL
> programming.
>
> I also want to install Mysql as well so I can try them both. After
> postgreSQL and apache I went to /etc/inetd.conf only to find it
> empty. I then remembered reading an article on www.slashdot.org about
> Ubuntu, Apple, and Sun all ditching Inetd for a more modern event
> driven way to bootstrap a modern system.
>
> Ubuntu breaks traditional Unix which uses something called upstart.
> This is quite a bit of a change for me from FreeBSD where you simply
> vi into /etc/intetd.conf and remark the daemons you do not want to
> startup. I am aware SysV Unix such as Linux instead uses rc runlevels
> and I completely forgot this.
>
> I googled upstart and found technical usage and howtos to run complex
> event driven scripts using Dbus. I do not want to go this route and
> make my computer unbootable by a single mistake in a script. I simply
> want to just enable or disable startup daemons.
>
> Is there a way to simply disable and re-enable a daemon with upstart
> on ubuntu by just using a single command or gui?
I believe this command still works:
update-rc.d -f <service_name> remove
j
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