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+===================
+ invoke-rc.d
+===================
+
+---------------------------------------------------------
+executes System-V style init script actions
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+:Manual section: 8
+:Manual group: Debian GNU/Linux
+:Author:
+ Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
+
+:Version: 1 March 2001
+:Copyright: 2001 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
+:License: GNU General Public License v2 or Later (GPLv2+)
+
+SYNOPSIS
+========
+
+``invoke-rc.d`` [*--quiet*] [*--force*] [*--try-anyway*] [*--disclose-deny*]
+[*--query*] [*--no-fallback*] *name* *action* [*init script parameters...*]
+
+
+``invoke-rc.d`` [*--help*]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+===========
+
+``invoke-rc.d``
+is a generic interface to execute System V style init script
+``/etc/init.d/``\ *name*
+actions, obeying runlevel constraints as well as any local
+policies set by the system administrator.
+
+All access to the init scripts by Debian packages' maintainer
+scripts should be done through
+``invoke-rc.d``.
+
+This manpage documents only the usage and behavior of
+``invoke-rc.d``.
+For a discussion of the System V style init script arrangements please
+see ``init``\(8\).
+More information on invoke-rc.d can be found in the section on
+runlevels and init.d scripts of the
+*Debian Policy Manual*.
+
+
+INIT SCRIPT ACTIONS
+===================
+
+The standard actions are:
+*start*, *stop*, *force-stop*, *restart*, *try-restart*, *reload*,
+*force-reload*, and *status*.
+Other actions are accepted, but they can cause problems to
+``policy-rc.d`` (see the ``INIT SCRIPT POLICY`` section), so
+warnings are generated if the policy layer is active.
+
+Please note that not all init scripts will implement all
+the actions listed above, and that the policy layer may
+override an action to another action(s), or even deny it.
+
+Any extra parameters will be passed to the init script(s) being
+executed.
+
+If an action must be carried out regardless of any local
+policies, use the *--force* switch.
+
+OPTIONS
+=======
+
+*--help*
+ Display usage help.
+
+*--quiet*
+ Quiet mode, no error messages are generated.
+
+*--force*
+ Tries to run the init script regardless of policy and
+ init script subsystem errors.
+ **Use of this option in Debian maintainer scripts is severely discouraged.**
+
+*--try-anyway*
+ Tries to run the init script if a non-fatal error is
+ detected.
+
+*--disclose-deny*
+ Return status code 101 instead of status code 0 if
+ the init script action is denied by the policy layer.
+
+*--query*
+ Returns one of the status codes 100-106. Does not
+ run the init script, and implies *--disclose-deny*
+ and *--no-fallback*.
+
+*--no-fallback*
+ Ignores any fallback action requests by the policy
+ layer.
+ **Warning:**
+ this is usually a very bad idea for any actions other
+ than start.
+
+*--skip-systemd-native*
+ Exits before doing anything if a systemd environment is detected
+ and the requested service is a native systemd unit.
+ This is useful for maintainer scripts that want to defer systemd
+ actions to ``deb-systemd-invoke``\(1p\)
+
+STATUS CODES
+============
+
+Should an init script be executed, ``invoke-rc.d``
+always returns the status code
+returned by the init script. Init scripts should not return status codes in
+the 100+ range (which is reserved in Debian and by the LSB). The status codes
+returned by invoke-rc.d proper are:
+
+0
+ *Success*.
+ Either the init script was run and returned exit status 0 (note
+ that a fallback action may have been run instead of the one given in the
+ command line), or it was not run because of runlevel/local policy constrains
+ and ``--disclose-deny`` is not in effect.
+
+1 - 99
+ Reserved for init.d script, usually indicates a failure.
+
+100
+ **Init script ID (**\ *name*\ **) unknown.**
+ This means the init script was not registered successfully through
+ ``update-rc.d`` or that the init script does not exist.
+
+101
+ **Action not allowed**.
+ The requested action will not be performed because of runlevel or local
+ policy constraints.
+
+102
+ **Subsystem error**.
+ Init script (or policy layer) subsystem malfunction. Also, forced
+ init script execution due to *--try-anyway* or *--force*
+ failed.
+
+103
+ *Syntax error.*
+
+104
+ *Action allowed*.
+ Init script would be run, but ``--query`` is in effect.
+
+105
+ *Behavior uncertain*.
+ It cannot be determined if action should be carried out or not, and
+ ``--query``
+ is in effect.
+
+106
+ *Fallback action requested*.
+ The policy layer denied the requested action, and
+ supplied an allowed fallback action to be used instead.
+
+
+INIT SCRIPT POLICY
+==================
+
+``invoke-rc.d``
+introduces the concept of a policy layer which is used to verify if
+an init script should be run or not, or if something else should be
+done instead. This layer has various uses, the most immediate ones
+being avoiding that package upgrades start daemons out-of-runlevel,
+and that a package starts or stops daemons while inside a chroot
+jail.
+
+The policy layer has the following abilities: deny or approve the
+execution of an action; request that another action (called a
+*fallback*)
+is to be taken, instead of the action requested in invoke-rc.d's
+command line; or request multiple actions to be tried in order, until
+one of them succeeds (a multiple *fallback*).
+
+``invoke-rc.d``
+itself only pays attention to the current runlevel; it will block
+any attempts to start a service in a runlevel in which the service is
+disabled. Other policies are implemented with the use of the
+``policy-rc.d``
+helper, and are only available if
+``/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d``
+is installed in the system.
+
+
+FILES
+=====
+
+/etc/init.d/*
+ System V init scripts.
+
+/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d
+ Init script policy layer helper (not required).
+
+/etc/rc?.d/*
+ System V runlevel configuration.
+
+NOTES
+=====
+
+``invoke-rc.d`` special cases the *status*
+action, and returns exit status 4 instead of exit status 0 when
+it is denied.
+
+BUGS
+====
+
+See http://bugs.debian.org/sysv-rc and
+http://bugs.debian.org/init-system-helpers.
+
+SEE ALSO
+========
+
+| *Debian Policy manual*,
+| ``/etc/init.d/skeleton``,
+| ``update-rc.d``\(8\),
+| ``init``\(8\),
+| ``/usr/share/doc/init-system-helpers/README.policy-rc.d.gz``
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+===================
+ service
+===================
+
+---------------------------------------------------------
+run a System V init script
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+:Manual section: 8
+:Manual group: System Manager's Manual
+:Author:
+ Miloslav Trmac <mitr@redhat.com>,
+ Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
+
+:Version: Jan 2006
+:Copyright: 2006 Red Hat, Inc., Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
+:License: GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+========
+
+
+``service`` *SCRIPT* *COMMAND* [*OPTIONS*]
+
+``service`` ``--status-all``
+
+``service`` ``--help`` | ``-h`` | ``--version``
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+===========
+
+``service`` runs a System V init script or systemd unit in as predictable an
+environment as possible, removing most environment variables and with the
+current working directory set to ``/``.
+
+
+The
+*SCRIPT*
+parameter specifies a System V init script, located in */etc/init.d/SCRIPT*,
+or the name of a systemd unit. The existence of a systemd unit of the same
+name as a script in ``/etc/init.d`` will cause the unit to take precedence
+over the init.d script.
+The supported values of *COMMAND* depend on the invoked script. ``service``
+passes *COMMAND* and *OPTIONS* to the init script unmodified. For systemd
+units, start, stop, status, and reload are passed through to their
+systemctl/initctl equivalents.
+
+All scripts should support at least the ``start`` and ``stop`` commands.
+As a special case, if *COMMAND* is ``--full-restart``, the script is run
+twice, first with the ``stop`` command, then with the ``start``
+command. Note, that unlike ``update-rc.d``\(8\), ``service`` does not
+check ``/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d``.
+
+``service --status-all`` runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with
+the ``status`` command. The status is [ + ] for running services, [ - ] for
+stopped services and [ ? ] for services without a ``status`` command. This
+option only calls status for sysvinit jobs.
+
+EXIT CODES
+==========
+
+``service`` calls the init script and returns the status returned by it.
+
+FILES
+==========
+
+``/etc/init.d``
+ The directory containing System V init scripts.
+
+``/{lib,run,etc}/systemd/system``
+ The directories containing systemd units.
+
+ENVIRONMENT
+===========
+
+``LANG``, ``LANGUAGE``, ``LC_CTYPE``, ``LC_NUMERIC``, ``LC_TIME``, ``LC_COLLATE``, ``LC_MONETARY``, ``LC_MESSAGES``, ``LC_PAPER``, ``LC_NAME``, ``LC_ADDRESS``, ``LC_TELEPHONE``, ``LC_MEASUREMENT``, ``LC_IDENTIFICATION``, ``LC_ALL``, ``TERM``, ``PATH``
+ The only environment variables passed to the init scripts.
+
+SEE ALSO
+========
+
+| */etc/init.d/skeleton*
+| ``update-rc.d``\(8\)
+| ``init``\(8\)
+| ``invoke-rc.d``\(8\)
+| ``systemctl``\(1\)
diff --git a/man8/update-rc.d.rst b/man8/update-rc.d.rst
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+===================
+ update-rc.d
+===================
+
+---------------------------------------------------------
+install and remove System-V style init script links
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+:Manual section: 8
+:Manual group: Debian GNU/Linux
+:Author:
+ Ian Jackson,
+ Miquel van Smoorenburg
+
+:Version: 14 November 2005
+:Copyright: 2001 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
+:License: GNU General Public License v2 or Later (GPLv2+)
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+=========
+
+``update-rc.d`` [*-f*] *name* ``remove``
+
+``update-rc.d`` *name* ``defaults``
+
+``update-rc.d`` *name* ``defaults-disabled``
+
+``update-rc.d`` *name* ``disable|enable`` [ *S|2|3|4|5* ]
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+===========
+
+``update-rc.d`` updates the System V style init script links
+``/etc/rc``\ *runlevel*\ ``.d/``\ *NNname*
+whose target is the script
+``/etc/init.d/``\ *name*.
+These links are run by
+``init``
+when it changes runlevels; they are generally used to start and stop
+system services such as daemons.
+*runlevel*
+is one of the runlevels supported by
+``init``, namely, ``0123456789S``, and
+*NN*
+is the two-digit sequence number that determines where in the sequence
+``init``
+will run the scripts.
+
+This manpage documents only the usage and behaviour of
+``update-rc.d``.
+For a discussion of the System V style init script arrangements please
+see
+``init``\(8)
+and the
+*Debian Policy Manual*.
+
+
+INSTALLING INIT SCRIPT LINKS
+============================
+
+update-rc.d requires dependency and runlevel information to be
+provided in the init.d script LSB comment header of all init.d scripts.
+See the insserv(8) manual page for details about the LSB header format.
+
+When run with the
+``defaults``
+option,
+``update-rc.d``
+makes links named
+``/etc/rc``\ *runlevel*\ ``.d/[SK]``\ *NNname*
+that point to the script
+``/etc/init.d/``\ *name*,
+using runlevel and dependency information from the init.d script LSB
+comment header.
+
+When run with the
+``defaults-disabled``
+option,
+``update-rc.d``
+makes links named
+``/etc/rc``\ *runlevel*\ ``.d/K``\ *NNname*
+that point to the script
+``/etc/init.d/``\ *name*,
+using dependency information from the init.d script LSB comment header.
+This means that the init.d script will be disabled (see below).
+
+If any files named
+``/etc/rc``\ *runlevel*\ ``.d/[SK]??``\ *name*
+already exist then
+``update-rc.d``
+does nothing.
+The program was written this way so that it will never
+change an existing configuration, which may have been
+customized by the system administrator.
+The program will only install links if none are present,
+i.e.,
+if it appears that the service has never been installed before.
+
+Older versions of
+``update-rc.d``
+also supported
+``start``
+and
+``stop``
+options. These options are no longer supported, and are now
+equivalent to the
+``defaults``
+option.
+
+A common system administration error is to delete the links
+with the thought that this will "disable" the service, i.e.,
+that this will prevent the service from being started.
+However, if all links have been deleted then the next time
+the package is upgraded, the package's
+*postinst*
+script will run
+``update-rc.d``
+again and this will reinstall links at their factory default locations.
+The correct way to disable services is to configure the
+service as stopped in all runlevels in which it is started by default.
+In the System V init system this means renaming
+the service's symbolic links
+from ``S`` to ``K``.
+.P
+The script
+.BI /etc/init.d/ name
+must exist before
+``update-rc.d``
+is run to create the links.
+
+REMOVING SCRIPTS
+================
+
+When invoked with the
+*remove*
+option, update-rc.d removes any links in the
+``/etc/rc``\ *runlevel*\ ``.d``
+directories to the script
+``/etc/init.d/``\ *name*.
+The script must have been deleted already.
+If the script is still present then
+``update-rc.d``
+aborts with an error message.
+.P
+``update-rc.d``
+is usually called from a package's post-removal script when that
+script is given the
+``purge``
+argument.
+Any files in the
+``/etc/rc``\ *runlevel*\ ``.d``
+directories that are not symbolic links to the script
+``/etc/init.d/``\ *name*
+will be left untouched.
+
+DISABLING INIT SCRIPT START LINKS
+=================================
+
+When run with the
+``disable`` [ *S|2|3|4|5* ]
+options,
+``update-rc.d``
+modifies existing runlevel links for the script
+``/etc/init.d/``\ *name*
+by renaming start links to stop links with a sequence number equal
+to the difference of 100 minus the original sequence number.
+
+When run with the
+``enable`` [ *S|2|3|4|5* ]
+options,
+``update-rc.d``
+modifies existing runlevel links for the script
+``/etc/init.d/``\ *name*
+by renaming stop links to start links with a sequence number equal
+to the positive difference of current sequence number minus 100, thus
+returning to the original sequence number that the script had been
+installed with before disabling it.
+.P
+Both of these options only operate on start runlevel links of S, 2,
+3, 4 or 5. If no start runlevel is specified after the disable or enable
+keywords, the script will attempt to modify links in all start runlevels.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+=======
+
+-f
+ Force removal of symlinks even if
+ ``/etc/init.d/``\ *name*
+ still exists.
+
+EXAMPLES
+========
+
+Insert links using the defaults:
+
+ ``update-rc.d foobar defaults``
+
+The equivalent dependency header would have start and stop
+dependencies on $remote_fs and $syslog, and start in
+runlevels 2-5 and stop in runlevels 0, 1 and 6.
+
+
+Remove all links for a script (assuming foobar has been deleted
+already):
+
+ ``update-rc.d foobar remove``
+
+Example of disabling a service:
+
+ ``update-rc.d foobar disable``
+
+Example of a command for installing a system initialization-and-shutdown script:
+
+ ``update-rc.d foobar defaults``
+
+Example of a command for disabling a system initialization-and-shutdown script:
+
+ ``update-rc.d foobar disable``
+
+BUGS
+====
+
+See http://bugs.debian.org/sysv-rc and
+http://bugs.debian.org/init-system-helpers.
+
+FILES
+=====
+
+
+``/etc/init.d/``
+ The directory containing the actual init scripts.
+
+``/etc/rc?.d/``
+ The directories containing the links used by ``init``
+ and managed by ``update-rc.d .``
+
+``/etc/init.d/skeleton``
+ Model for use by writers of ``init.d`` scripts.
+
+SEE ALSO
+========
+
+| *Debian Policy Manual*,
+| ``/etc/init.d/skeleton``,
+| ``insserv``\(8),
+| ``init``\(8)