>> > > If so, what _is_ the proper way to do this with Debian? >> >> You can just delete the links you don't want > >I've always felt that it's better to change the link from S to K, >instead of just deleting it. > >Say for example you delete the xdm link from runlevels 2, 3, and 4. So >you change to 5, xdm starts. You change back to 2, and xdm stays >running. To me the desired behavior would be that xdm is killed... > >Anyway, at worst this post might prevent people from deleting links and >wondering why things aren't killed when lowering runlevels ;)
I must admit that I never use runlevels, but if I want to remove something from the boot sequence (or whatever I should call that), I usually make a directory 'away' in the relevant /etc/rcwhatever and move the script there.
