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Matthew Flaschen
Asked: 2013-01-04 16:59:06 +0800 CST

How do I run a Debian init.d script manually, not at boot?

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How do I stop an init.d server from running on boot, but still allow running it manually?

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2 Answers

  1. See the man page for update-rc.d.

    To stop a service from running at boot:

    update-rc.d -f servicename remove

    Or:

    update-rc.d servicename stop 20 2 3 4 5 .

    If you have Debian squeeze or later, or Ubuntu 12.10 or later:

    update-rc.d servicename disable

    To allow a service to run at boot:

    update-rc.d servicename defaults

    If you have Debian squeeze or later, or Ubuntu 12.10 or later:

    update-rc.d servicename enable

    To run the service manually:

    service servicename start
service servicename restart

    To stop the service manually:

    service servicename stop
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  2. On Debian Squeeze and up:

    sudo update-rc.d server-name disable

    To reverse:

    sudo update-rc.d server-name enable
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