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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).