In order to disable a script the related symlinks should be deleted
from /etc/rcN.d. These commands should do the job:

invoke-rc.d SCRIPT stop # Stop it first
update-rc.d -f SCRIPT remove

To bring it back:

update-rc.d SCRIPT defaults

2017-07-04 20:39 GMT+00:00 Steve Litt <slitt@???>:
> Hi all,
>
> What's the official way to disable a service in sysvinit? In this case
> I want to disable sshd so I can put it in runit.
>
> I know I could rename /etc/rc5.d/S02sshd to zS02sshd, but I seem to
> remember there's some more official way to do it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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