sysv-rc-conf in Debian ---------------------- sysv-rc-conf directly manipulates the system's runlevel symlinks. The preferred Debian mechanism for doing this is through update-rc.d(8), which in turn invokes insserv(8) where available. The default configuration on Debian is to invoke insserv(8) on exit after symlinks have been changed. This causes dependency-based boot sequences (which sysv-rc-conf does not directly understand) to be recomputed. This behaviour can be changed by editing /etc/sysv-rc-conf.conf This tool does not control services when systemd is init: systemctl should be used on systemd systems. -- Andrew Bower Sun, 10 Aug 2025 10:41:12 +0100