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    Question [Lucid] How to disable services in upstart?

    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!

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    Re: [Lucid] How to disable services in upstart?

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

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    Re: [Lucid] How to disable services in upstart?

    Quote Originally Posted by gadolinio View Post
    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.

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    Re: [Lucid] How to disable services in upstart?


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    Re: [Lucid] How to disable services in upstart?

    Quote Originally Posted by dino99 View Post
    Thanks for the link. I couldn't find anything relevant to upstart/sshd though. Could you point it out please?

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    Re: [Lucid] How to disable services in upstart?

    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.

    Code:
    $cd /etc/init
    Then rename the .conf file of the service that you want to disable to something else. I do it like this.

    Code:
    $sudo mv sshd.conf sshd.conf.off
    Now reboot and check using the following command;

    Code:
    sudo netstat -ltunp
    sshd should not be listed in there.
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    Re: [Lucid] How to disable services in upstart?

    Quote Originally Posted by BugBuster View Post
    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.

    Code:
    $cd /etc/init
    Then rename the .conf file of the service that you want to disable to something else. I do it like this.

    Code:
    $sudo mv sshd.conf sshd.conf.off
    Now reboot and check using the following command;

    Code:
    sudo netstat -ltunp
    sshd should not be listed in there.
    OK, that's cool, and makes sense. Thanks for sharing

    I looked through the upstart Getting Started guide, the FAQ and took a quick look at the wiki, but didn't find anything on this topic.

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    Re: [Lucid] How to disable services in upstart?

    This upstart thingy should clearly be better documented (maybe by a http://www.ubuntu.com/community/Upstart document?).

    Well the main documentation can be found at the project site: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/
    Overview: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/getting-started.html
    More Details on WIKI: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/wiki/

    See other posts on ubuntuforums here:
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1351501
    and here:
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1305659&page=2



    I have tweaked my services .conf files both ways as the posts suggested:
    either added some new event as a dependency of starting a service (one guide suggests word 'never') or disabled the service completely by renaming its configuration file to different suffix.

    Example of disabling GDM:
    Code:
    # gdm - GNOME Display Manager
    #
    # The display manager service manages the X servers running on the
    # system, providing login and auto-login services
    
    description    "GNOME Display Manager"
    author        "William Jon McCann <mccann@jhu.edu>"
    
    start on (x11-enabled
              and started dbus
              and (drm-device-added card0 PRIMARY_DEVICE_FOR_DISPLAY=1
                   or stopped udevtrigger))
    stop on (x11-disabled
              or runlevel [016])
    This approach has the advantage that I can trigger these x11-enabled or disabled events as I wish -- but that's something I will do in the evening, we'll see.

    I have to reload the Upstart service definitions to catch the changes:
    Code:
    initctl reload
    .

    I could now start the GDM by firing events with
    Code:
    initctl emit x11-enabled
    .

    The other and maybe the more promising option is to implement the custom startup of GDM by creating a wrapper service (/etc/init/x11-enabled.conf) that would have been started manually or via some other triggers (VNC service starts up, etc.).
    The /etc/init/gdm.conf would be updated accordingly:
    Code:
    # gdm - GNOME Display Manager
    # ...
    start on (started x11-enabled
              and started dbus
              and (drm-device-added card0 PRIMARY_DEVICE_FOR_DISPLAY=1
                   or stopped udevtrigger))
    stop on (stopped x11-enabled
              or runlevel [016])
    As a result GDM service would have start up or shutdown along with some other 'x11-enabled' service.

    Code:
    initctl start x11-enabled
    Do mention however that the services that are not yet ported to upstart remain managed by /etc/rc.d or whatsitsname, so in meantime we have to use both configuration mechanisms.
    Just compare what says service (systemV init implementation) or initctl:
    Code:
    # Upstart version
    initctl list;
    # SysV version
    services --status-all
    # or
    chkconfig --list
    # All SystemV running services which would be on after reboot:
    chkconfig --list | grep $(runlevel | awk '{ print $2}'):on
    I have digged further and didn't find any GUI for upstart configuration -- this means we either have to wait for it or write small pieces ourselves.
    Just search for it if you don't believe me -- http://www.google.com/search?q=upsta...figuration+gui -- and if your search was successfull it probably means that this post is really old


    Anyway other info about using Upstart can be digged from man:
    man init (or upstart)
    man initctl
    man signal



    Must digg deeper, maybe code some tools.
    Enjoy unixing.

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    Re: [Lucid] How to disable services in upstart?

    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/

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    Re: [Lucid] How to disable services in upstart?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ben Jao Ming View Post
    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

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