Re: runit on debian sid success, and questions

[Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov>]

[trimmed copy of private e-mail]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 08:38:31PM -0500, Dean Hall wrote:
> How did you get rid of portmap? Did you get rid of the services for
> which it's required? Or did you force them to use a static port?

rm /etc/rcS.d/S18portmap; sh /etc/init.d/portmap stop
I don't have any services that require portmap.

> You might check out uschedule <http://www.ohse.de/uwe/uschedule.html>.
> It's a decent and simple cron and at replacement.

Thanks for the link!  I think I'll keep my script for now, but
that program looks better than cron if I'm forced to use something
more complex.  Right now all I need is something to run the daily
maintenance for man, locate, and TeX.

> | It was quite a trick
> | to shut down the machine the first time after that install!
> 
> Yeah, you have to use the sysv init executable to shut down the machine
> the first time. *shrug*

Right, but the list of familiar things that don't work (cntrl-alt-del, 
reboot, shutdown -h now, telinit 0) is much longer than what does work.

      - Larry