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rsm disable / enable issue

I noticed strange behavior with "rsm" enable and disable command.
Problem:

Enabling service automatically starts the service. Same happens when disabling service
* command I use
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sudo rsm disable NetworkManager

Expected:

It should just enable/disable service
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Re: rsm disable / enable issue

Reply #1 –
This is how runit works: once you put service in /etc/runit/runsvdir/default it is automatically started. It can be probably prevented by adding file named "down" but with this file service can only be started by user
ARMtix

Re: rsm disable / enable issue

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Quote from: Arch_user – on
I noticed strange behavior with "rsm" enable and disable command.
Problem:

Enabling service automatically starts the service. Same happens when disabling service
* command I use
Code: [Select]
sudo rsm disable NetworkManager

Expected:

It should just enable/disable service

This occurs due to the fact that runit has supervisor.

As @phoenix_king_rus  correctly mentioned the runsvdir, whatever is linked in the default starts automatically.

Re: rsm disable / enable issue

Reply #3 –
If you don't want the service to be started when you enable it, just create the file named down in its directory before creating a symlink. E.g. for NetworkManger:
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sudo touch /etc/runit/sv/NetworkManager/down
While this file is present, the service won't be started. In order to start it, delete this file.