[maemo-developers] /etc/init.d/ssh stop does not stop ssh on the N900

[From: Marius Vollmer]

ext Dieter Plaetinck <dieter at plaetinck.be> writes:

> On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:21:37 +0200
> Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer at nokia.com> wrote:
>
>> ext Joerg Reisenweber <joerg at openmoko.org> writes:
>> 
>> > If the script doesn't work as everybody would expect, then it
>> > shouldn't be there at all.
>> 
>> It's a 'conffile', so it will be left on the device even if you remove
>> the package.  [...]
>
> init scripts are config files? what?

They are 'conffiles', and are handled specially by dpkg.

> I agree with what Joerg said. init files are for
> stopping/starting/reloading/.. daemons (not for configuration), and
> they should just work.

Yes, I was just pointing out that removing or changing /etc/init.d/ssh
in the ssh package might not do what you expect.