[Lucid] How to disable services in upstart?

[digmike]

Hi,

I recently discovered upstart is launching sshd on my machine even though I disabled it with `sudo update-rc.d -f ssh remove`. I tried to find a way to prevent upstart from launching ssh by default, but the best I can think of is removing /etc/init/ssh.conf (I just uninstalled openssh-server).

I'd like to disable it without doing this, though. This would make it easier to enable sshd when I need it.

Anyone know what the best practice for this is?

Thanks!

[gadolinio]

Mmmm how about pressing alt+F2 and then running gnome-session-properties?
It has a list of apps run when starting a session...

[digmike]

Mmmm how about pressing alt+F2 and then running gnome-session-properties?
It has a list of apps run when starting a session...

As you say, those are apps launched in my session. sshd is not there; it's launched when the machine comes up, before any session is even started.

[dino99]

general help

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetAndNetworking

[digmike]

general help

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetAndNetworking

Thanks for the link. I couldn't find anything relevant to upstart/sshd though. Could you point it out please?

[BugBuster]

I have always done this using the following method and it works. But I am not 100% sure this is the best way to do so.

$cd /etc/init

Then rename the .conf file of the service that you want to disable to something else. I do it like this.

$sudo mv sshd.conf sshd.conf.off

Now reboot and check using the following command;

sudo netstat -ltunp

sshd should not be listed in there.

[Ben Jao Ming]

I have made a little post about the different ways that services are enabled/disabled in Ubuntu. The reason was that I ran into 3 different ways of launching the same program within the past 3 versions of Ubuntu Not to say that everything is that bad, and Upstart is certainly a powerful new player. But for now, it can be quite confusing to get rid of a service

http://overtag.dk/wordpress/2011/02/...-ubuntu-10-10/

[cepal]

I have made a little post about the different ways that services are enabled/disabled in Ubuntu. The reason was that I ran into 3 different ways of launching the same program within the past 3 versions of Ubuntu Not to say that everything is that bad, and Upstart is certainly a powerful new player. But for now, it can be quite confusing to get rid of a service

http://overtag.dk/wordpress/2011/02/...-ubuntu-10-10/

Hi Ben,
great hints, thanks a lot. Just one note: I think the "stop on" upstart section should never be commented out.

The reason is you still might start the daemon explicitly (manually) and then during shutdown it might not be stopped at the appropriate moment (consequentially correct according to the design) which might result in unpredictable issues (slower shutdown is the least harmful, data loss/corruption if e.g. a database gets a sigkill termination at the end of shutdown, or even a system freeze during shutdown caused by a deadlock situation).

Cheers,
CePal

[debd]

update-rc.d is the program to be used to install, remove and disable init scripts.
to disable a service say, the pure-ftp deamon (pure-ftpd) at start-up, use

update-rc.d -f pure-ftpd remove

for more info see the man page of update-rc.d

[danmbox]

update-rc.d is the program to be used to install, remove and disable init scripts.
to disable a service say, the pure-ftp deamon (pure-ftpd) at start-up, use

update-rc.d -f pure-ftpd remove

for more info see the man page of update-rc.d

Uh, no. update-rc.d works for /etc/init.d services, but not for upstart (/etc/init) services. I guess you didn't read the thread before posting?

The problem is that to disable upstart services, you HAVE TO either delete or modify /etc/init/job.conf. This causes problems when upgrading the corresponding package.