The init.d directory contains a number of start/stop scripts for various services on your system.
Everything from acpid to x11-common is controlled from this directory.
Questions tagged [init.d]
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uninstall init.d update-rc.d remove
I installed an init.d script with this command:
sudo update-rc.d mongodb defaults 98 02
I want to uninstall it, so I'm planning on running:
sudo update-rc.d -f mongodb remove
I'm concerned about the start and stop conditions in the installation…
anon
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SABnzbdplus will not start on boot but running the init.d script runs fine
I am running the Ubuntu 12.04 server edition (static LAN IP) and was tying to install SABnzbdplus using the apt as per instructions here:
Ubuntu PPA Repository
Installation has gone smoothly and the server downloads etc no problem! The problem is…
Omar Mir
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How to make a script in init.d run later
A package installed /etc/init.d/ccpd which is a script run at start up. I would like this script to be run as very last of all my start up scripts, how can I achieve this?
Peter Smit
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Why does my init.d script show up under --status-all, but I can't otherwise control it?
I get the following (truncated) output from --status-all
$ service --status-all
[..]
[ - ] ossec
[ - ] ossec-hids-authd
[..]
But I can't access it through service:
$ service status ossec-hids-authd
status: unrecognized service
My init.d…
Kit Sunde
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need help with Init.d script
I am trying to run a wireshark capture as a daemon. I found this init.d script.
http://new.networkprotocolspecialists.com/downloads/tsharkd
it works to start dumpcap, but when I try to use
sudo /etc/init.d/tsharkd stop
I get the…
Bob
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I'd like to add a pause to a linux service, why doesn't my test work?
I'd like to make mythtv-backend pause before starting, I tried editing /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend, adding a line at start of the file
echo "sleeping 100" >> /tmp/sleep_test
sleep 100
It never creates this file, and never sleeps before starting the…
phoner
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Registering an init.d service
Trying to register a service in /etc/init.d, but cannot get it to run with service myservice start and at boot-up
Executable file:
#!/bin/sh
# kFreeBSD do not accept scripts as interpreters, using #!/bin/sh and sourcing.
if [ true !=…
axk
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Celeryd not running at startup
I ran sudo update-rc.d celeryd defaults
All good.
I ran:
/etc/init.d/celeryd start
All good.
I restart machine.
All bad.
sudo /etc/init.d/celeryd status
celeryd not running (no pidfile)
I'm a noob on linux and I don't even have the first…
jahova
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Not using network-manager and modem-manager
What is the best way to prevent network-manager (and modem-manager for that matter) from starting?
Paul Claessen
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insserv: warning: script 'S99runlcactivator' missing LSB tags and overrides
I am unable to install a new software or upgrade the existing ones. I have been getting insserv warning (see here)
Please help.
AyBee
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