Apache auto-start on boot, how?

[axew3]

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I've try differents matters but no one is running. Anybody know the steps necessary to make possible at Apache to start automatically on boot in Debian Sarge? Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Flatline]

This might help:

update-rc.d svc defaults
Enable service at boot time. chkconfig svc on
update-rc.d svc stop 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Disable scv at boot time. This puts "K" links in all relevant runlevels, so theoretically apt-get will know to keep the service disabled, and won't re-enable it. At least in theory. In practice there's something wrong with the command and I haven't figured out how to make it work. Adding "." at the end doesn't work either.
update-rc.d -f svc remove
Disable service at boot time. chkconfig svc off This is simpler than the preceeding line, but less permanent; services will come back on an apt-get install or dist-upgrade.
-f means force removal of the /etc/rc.? scripts while leaving the basic script in /etc/init.d (so you can run the service by hand if you choose). --purge means remove the script from init.d.

If you want to remove a service so that it never starts unless asked, and never comes back in a dist-upgrade ... I still don't know. Apparently the only way is to go to each directory named /etc/rc?.d in turn, and then rename Snnservicename to Knnservicename (which you can't easily do as a script or alias because of the nns being variable). It's unbelievable that debian has no easier way to do this. Oh, well.
update-rc.d svc start 20 2 3 4 5 . stop 20 0 1 6
Enable service at boot time in the given runlevels, like chkconfig svc --levels 2345 on

[axew3]

Thanks for your big help .

[Flatline]

I had to do some digging through my "storage" drive, but here's a script I used to use (I haven't had a Debian install in a while...don't hold it against me, please) to list active services:

#!/bin/sh

# List files run at boot time in each run level

list_level() {
    level=$1
    echo Level: $level
    for f in /etc/rc${level}.d/*; do
	# Remove /etc/Knn or Snn from beginning
	ff=$(echo $f | sed 's_/etc/rc..d/[KS][0-9][0-9]__')
	if [ $f != $ff ]; then
	    echo $ff
	fi
    done
    echo ""
}

list_all() {
    for l in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 S; do
        list_level $l
    done
}

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    # Try to guess the default runlevel from /etc/inittab
    l=$( grep initdefault /etc/inittab | egrep -v '^ *#' | cut -d : -f 2 )
    if [ $l == "" ]; then
        list_all
    else
        list_level $l
    fi
elif [ $1 == "-a" ]; then
    list_all
else
    for l in $*; do
	list_level $l
    done
fi

[Flatline]

Thanks for your big help .

Weird...my sarcasm radar seems to be sputtering today. Did you mean that or do you now hate me?

[axew3]

really thanks... i can't understand all what you have write, only because i'm a truly newbie linux user, i've install Debian only from 2 days .... so, is too much for me to have a server Apache 2.0.53 running on it, and connection to internet ok ... a big thanks to you, hope you will fell good that THANKS!!!!!!!
.....and please....sorry for my terrible English!

[Flatline]

Happy to help. Come back if you have other problems...this is the most responsive and noob-friendly forum site I've found. People trip over each other to answer questions here!