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 init.

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rc.d script.

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SysV type.

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``/etc/init.d/*``

  Here scripts.

``/etc/rc<N>.d/[SK]<NN>name``

  Here symlink to /etc/init.d/ scripts. <N> - runlevel, <NN> -

  start order from low to high, with K run stop, with S run start.

To disable the service, rename the symbolic link so that its name begins with

a K instead of with an S and its sequence number is 100 minus NN.

Managing services.

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  $ sudo service start $NAME

  $ sudo service stop $NAME

  $ sudo service restart $NAME

  $ sudo service force-reload $NAME

How manage runlevel for startup script.

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For Debian preferred package is ``sysvconfig(8)``.

See also ``bum(8)`` or ``update-rc.d(8)`` or ``sysv-rc-conf(8)``.