chkconfig/upstart problem

[JasonSwett]

My overall goal is to get postfix working. What I'm trying to do right now is stop sendmail.

When I run sudo /sbin/chkconfig sendmail off, I get this:

The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'hwclock' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'plymouth-stop' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'network-interface' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'module-init-tools' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'udevtrigger' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'hostname' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'mysql' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'plymouth-splash' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'atd' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'udev' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'udevmonitor' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'procps' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'rsyslog' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'dmesg' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'hwclock-save' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'network-interface-security' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'cron' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'udev-finish' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'plymouth' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'console-setup' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'plymouth-log' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'vsftpd' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: There is a loop between service rsyslog and apache2 if stopped
insserv:  loop involving service apache2 at depth 3
insserv:  loop involving service rsyslog at depth 2
insserv:  loop involving service udev at depth 1
insserv: There is a loop between service apache2 and rsyslog if stopped
insserv: exiting now without changing boot order!
/sbin/insserv failed, exit code 1

Any idea why this is happening?

Thanks,
Jason

[Rubi1200]

Ubuntu is moving more and more towards upstart:

http://upstart.ubuntu.com/index.html

The way to stop/start/restart services (assuming it is something normally in /etc/init.d/):

service program_name start/stop/restart

e.g.

service denyhosts stop

(just an example)
Hope this helps.

[JasonSwett]

Yes, that worked.

I'm sorry but I didn't word my original post very well. I'm following the instructions here and I'm actually past the "stop" step. I'm at the chkconfig step. Any idea why I'm getting the errors I'm getting there?

[Rubi1200]

I am not at my regular computer right now, but I believe you need to run

initctl list

to see what is running and the status of each service.

[JasonSwett]

Hmm, I don't understand what that would do for me.

Running /sbin/chkconfig --list | grep sendmail works just fine. It's the /sbin/chkconfig sendmail off step that's throwing errors.

[Rubi1200]

Hmm, I don't understand what that would do for me.

Running /sbin/chkconfig --list | grep sendmail works just fine. It's the /sbin/chkconfig sendmail off step that's throwing errors.

I understood that chkconfig is no longer the way to go and that running

initctl list

will give you a list of services, including, I assume, sendmail, which you can then either stop/start/restart.

I don't use sendmail or postfix, so as far as that is concerned I am not sure what to tell you.

[JasonSwett]

I just want to be able to run "chkconfig sendmail off" without getting errors. Any other ideas?

[sisco311]

I just want to be able to run "chkconfig sendmail off" without getting errors. Any other ideas?

You are following an outdated tutorial. chkconfig is deprecated.

But, sendmail is still started by a System-V style init script, so you could use update-rc.d to disable it:

sudo update-rc.d -f sendmail remove

To re-enable it, run:

sudo update-rc.d sendmail defaults 21 19

[JasonSwett]

That worked. Thanks.

[Justin Buser]

I just want to be able to run "chkconfig sendmail off" without getting errors. Any other ideas?

chkconfig sendmail off &> /dev/null

Of course it doesn't really matter WHAT output you get from chkconfig if sendmail is being started by upstart. Put:

DISABLED=1

at the top of /etc/init/sendmail if you want to disable the upstart job.