[Bug 15475] New: faqguide gives wrong advice for changing boot services

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Documentation | FAQ Guide

           Summary: faqguide gives wrong advice for changing boot services
           Product: Documentation
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: FAQ Guide
        AssignedTo: debzilla at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: mdke at ubuntu.com
         QAContact: ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com


Just filing this so that I don't forget it.

I noticed that the faqguide advises users to chmod -x /etc/init.d/ntpdate in
order to prevent that boot script from taking a lot of time on computers without
a permanent net connection. This advice is wrong and goes against debian policy
advice on how to organise init scripts as described
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s-sysvinit.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBootupHowto also falls into this error.

The best way to organise init scripts is to use rcconf, update-rc.d or even
better, use the two graphical tools available: boot manager from
gnome-system-tools, or "bum" (universe) which is a graphical tool to edit init
scripts. The former is simpler, the latter more comprehensive.

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