Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-08 Thread Barclay, Daniel
Ken Irving wrote: > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 01:34:57PM -0400, Barclay, Daniel wrote: >> John Hasler wrote: >>> Daniel writes: Debian packages should have some standard place to go to to see those latter kinds of information. >>> /usr/share/doc/ contains README.debian, the upstream R

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,07.Apr.09, 13:24:39, Barclay, Daniel wrote: > > > > Auto generated from what? > > From whatever contains any structured information to be read and added to > README.Debian files if they remain partly non-structured as they currently > are. > > The package contents can be obtained with

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-07 Thread Ken Irving
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 01:34:57PM -0400, Barclay, Daniel wrote: > John Hasler wrote: > > Daniel writes: > >> Debian packages should have some standard place to go to to see those > >> latter kinds of information. If it did, that place could also hold an > >> indication of any daemons started (or

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-07 Thread Barclay, Daniel
Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Mon, Apr 06 2009, Barclay, Daniel wrote: > >> Debian packages should probably have some kind of post-installation >> read-me file to tell you essential things about an installed package >> (e.g, the commands now available; the manual/info/etc. pages now >> avaible; daem

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-07 Thread Barclay, Daniel
John Hasler wrote: > Daniel writes: >> Debian packages should have some standard place to go to to see those >> latter kinds of information. If it did, that place could also hold an >> indication of any daemons started (or installed but pending further >> configuration) by installing a package. >

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-07 Thread Barclay, Daniel
Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,06.Apr.09, 13:21:49, Barclay, Daniel wrote: >> Andrei Popescu wrote: >>> On Mon,06.Apr.09, 12:52:02, Barclay, Daniel wrote: >>> Debian packages should have some standard place to go to to see those latter kinds of information. If it did, that place could al

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, Apr 06 2009, Barclay, Daniel wrote: > Nuno Magalhães wrote: is it possible to install a daemon from a Debian package without having it automatically started afterwards? >> >> At the risk of starting a holy war, and kind of highjaking, shouldn't >> Debian *not* start just-install

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,06.Apr.09, 13:21:49, Barclay, Daniel wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Mon,06.Apr.09, 12:52:02, Barclay, Daniel wrote: > > > >> Debian packages should have some standard place to go to to see those > >> latter kinds of information. If it did, that place could also hold > >> an indicati

Re: [OT] Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,06.Apr.09, 18:54:20, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > >> ...and all those who don't even know what a daemon is (OMG: the computer > >> is possessed by demons!), but expect Debian to Just Work? > > Those are probably using Ubuntu or Redmond stuff. Not if I did the install! My mother's laptop runs s

Re: [OT] Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-06 Thread Nuno Magalhães
>> On Mon,06.Apr.09, 12:00:43, Celejar wrote: >> >> > But what harm would there be in inserting a debconf question asking the >> > user if the daemon should be started automatically?  That should please >> > all users, except for those who will be really annoyed by having to >> > answer one additio

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-06 Thread John Hasler
Daniel writes: > Debian packages should have some standard place to go to to see those > latter kinds of information. If it did, that place could also hold an > indication of any daemons started (or installed but pending further > configuration) by installing a package. /usr/share/doc/ contains R

[OT] Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-06 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 20:05:01 +0300 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,06.Apr.09, 12:00:43, Celejar wrote: > > > But what harm would there be in inserting a debconf question asking the > > user if the daemon should be started automatically? That should please > > all users, except for those who will

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-06 Thread Barclay, Daniel
Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,06.Apr.09, 12:52:02, Barclay, Daniel wrote: > >> Debian packages should have some standard place to go to to see those >> latter kinds of information. If it did, that place could also hold >> an indication of any daemons started (or installed but pending further >>

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,06.Apr.09, 12:52:02, Barclay, Daniel wrote: > Debian packages should have some standard place to go to to see those > latter kinds of information. If it did, that place could also hold > an indication of any daemons started (or installed but pending further > configuration) by installing a

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,06.Apr.09, 12:00:43, Celejar wrote: > But what harm would there be in inserting a debconf question asking the > user if the daemon should be started automatically? That should please > all users, except for those who will be really annoyed by having to > answer one additional question ...

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-06 Thread Barclay, Daniel
Nuno Magalhães wrote: >>> is it possible to install a daemon from a Debian package without having >>> it automatically started afterwards? > > At the risk of starting a holy war, and kind of highjaking, shouldn't > Debian *not* start just-installed daemons by default? Or at least ask > while insta

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-06 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:44:11 -0500 Manoj Srivastava wrote: ... > See, there are two equally viable options here. Use debconf to > configure the daemon, so most people can install, answer questions, and > be on their merry way --- or not start and let the user configure it as > they wi

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, Apr 02 2009, Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:12:54 -0500 > Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > ... > >> There are mechanisms by which the site admin can tailor the >> selection of daemons that start -- but the default should be I >> installed it, and I installed it for a reason,

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, Apr 02 2009, Dave Ewart wrote: > On Thursday, 02.04.2009 at 10:12 -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> > At the risk of starting a holy war, and kind of highjaking, >> > shouldn't Debian *not* start just-installed daemons by default? Or >> > at least ask while installing if such daemon is t

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-05 Thread Laurent Guignard
On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:23:09 +0200, Jukka Salmi wrote: > Hello, > > is it possible to install a daemon from a Debian package without having > it automatically started afterwards? > > What I want to do is to install samba, but neither smbd nor nbmd > should be started until I had a chance to edit

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
> suggesting that there can be perfectly common use cases where I want > the thing installed, and eventually even running, but not just yet, or > right now. Or not by root (e.g. mpd). Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-02 Thread Ken Irving
On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 02:23:38PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:12:54 -0500 Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > There are mechanisms by which the site admin can tailor the > > selection of daemons that start -- but the default should be I > > installed it, and I installed it

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-02 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:12:54 -0500 Manoj Srivastava wrote: ... > There are mechanisms by which the site admin can tailor the > selection of daemons that start -- but the default should be I > installed it, and I installed it for a reason, so I want the thing > running. But perhaps I

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-02 Thread Jukka Salmi
Sven Joachim --> debian-user (2009-04-01 18:07:34 +0200): > On 2009-04-01 17:23 +0200, Jukka Salmi wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > is it possible to install a daemon from a Debian package without having > > it automatically started afterwards? > > Temporarily create an executable /usr/sbin/policy-rc.

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-02 Thread Dave Ewart
On Thursday, 02.04.2009 at 10:12 -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > At the risk of starting a holy war, and kind of highjaking, > > shouldn't Debian *not* start just-installed daemons by default? Or > > at least ask while installing if such daemon is to be started > > automatically (like sshd does

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, Apr 02 2009, Nuno Magalhães wrote: >>> is it possible to install a daemon from a Debian package without having >>> it automatically started afterwards? > > At the risk of starting a holy war, and kind of highjaking, shouldn't > Debian *not* start just-installed daemons by default? Or at le

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,02.Apr.09, 09:26:56, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > >> is it possible to install a daemon from a Debian package without having > >> it automatically started afterwards? > > At the risk of starting a holy war, and kind of highjaking, shouldn't > Debian *not* start just-installed daemons by default?

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-02 Thread Adrian Levi
2009/4/2 Nuno Magalhães : >>> is it possible to install a daemon from a Debian package without having >>> it automatically started afterwards? > > At the risk of starting a holy war, and kind of highjaking, shouldn't > Debian *not* start just-installed daemons by default? Or at least ask > while in

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-02 Thread Nuno Magalhães
>> is it possible to install a daemon from a Debian package without having >> it automatically started afterwards? At the risk of starting a holy war, and kind of highjaking, shouldn't Debian *not* start just-installed daemons by default? Or at least ask while installing if such daemon is to be st

Re: install daemon without starting it

2009-04-01 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-04-01 17:23 +0200, Jukka Salmi wrote: > Hello, > > is it possible to install a daemon from a Debian package without having > it automatically started afterwards? Temporarily create an executable /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d that exits with a value of 101, e.g. the following shell script: #!/bin

install daemon without starting it

2009-04-01 Thread Jukka Salmi
Hello, is it possible to install a daemon from a Debian package without having it automatically started afterwards? What I want to do is to install samba, but neither smbd nor nbmd should be started until I had a chance to edit smb.conf(5) manually... TIA, Jukka -- bashian roulette: $ ((RANDO