One way of having some daemons not start at boot (e.g., if we only use our printer once a year) is to remove certain /etc/rc?.d/ links.
But the downsize is later, unless one keeps records, one isn't quite sure of just what tampering one has done in /etc/rc?.d/ So in /etc/default/* we can set NO_START_AT_BOOT=1 etc., at least we can see and comment what we did. However there still is a way to know what we tampered with in /etc/rc?.d/: instead of telling the user to just remove some links, have them instead ln -s to /dev/null or better: /etc/init.d/disabled perhaps, an empty file mode 555. And those link manager programs could do the same. So then one could see clearly that S20cwdaemon -> ../init.d/disabled etc. Or use DISABLED for extra clarity. Not as efficient as removing the link, but at least one can see what one did later. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]