init, runlevels, kill scripts

[gregswinford]

Hi everyone. I'm using Debian Sarge. When I switch runlevels, daemons for which I have put an underscore before their startup script do not stop, but carry on running. Does this mean that I need to put a kill script in every runlevel including those scripts which I don't want to run in each level?

I.e. Say I want to run Apache in runlevel 3 but not 2, do I have to manually put a kill script in the runlevel 2 folder so that when I switch from 3 to 2, the Apache server is stopped?

Thanks,
Greg.

[AndrewB]

if i remember correct no network interface is present at run level 2, only at 3 and 5
so it shouldnt be a problem

[gregswinford]

if i remember correct no network interface is present at run level 2, only at 3 and 5
so it shouldnt be a problem

I've been using a network interface in runlevel 2, that's odd... maybe just the way I configured it (by accident!).

I think I may have understood the matter a little better now. If I want to customise a runlevel so that certain daemons are not run, do I just replace the S at the start of the link's filename with a K?

Thanks,
Greg.

[drakebasher]

You only need to have the daemon killed if it's already running, like if you start in one runlevel that starts a daemon and then you change to another runlevel. If you put an underbar in front of a Start script and then boot to that runlevel, the daemon with the underbar shouldn't start.

[farslayer]

There will already be a startup script for apache there, you simply need to rename the link from S(xx)apache to K(xx)apache

ls /etc/rc2.d | grep apache
S91apache
S91apache-perl
S91apache-ssl

mv /etc/rc2.d/S91apache /etc/rc2.d/K91apache

Now when entering run level 2 apache will not start.
if apache is already running it will be stopped.

[gregswinford]

Great, thanks for all your help.

Greg.