Various call to hpws programs in rc3.d and rc2.d

[Leo The Cat]

Hi (again)

I've in rc3.d some links (also in rc2.d of course except with K letter) :
S823hpws_apache
S823hpws_tomcat
S823hpws_webmin
S823hpws_webproxy
S823hpws_xmltools

My server use an Oracle Apache server.
Can i delete these links ? With what they are used ?

Regards
Den

[Patrick Wallek]

These are from the installation of Apache, Tomcat, Webmin, Webproxy and XML Tools from the HP-UX Internet Express bundle. If you are not using these bundles at all, you probably should remove them altogether.

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

There is no need at all to delete these entries. You really need to learn HP-UX's approach to rc scripts. Everyone of these has a corresponding configuration file in /etc/rc.config.d. e.g. /etc/rc.config.d/hpws_apacheconf. If the "start" variable (HPWS_APACHE_START in this case) is set to zero, the corresponding process/daemon will not be started by the 'S' script or stopped by the 'K' script. You should leave the scsripts in /sbin/init.d/alone and simply set the variables in /etc/rc.config.d. Removing scripts willy-nilly can have unintendended consequences when, for example, patches fail to properly install or configure because expected files are missing.

[Torsten.]

Still about to delete files?

If you are not sure if you need this applications, you can try to disable them, e.g. in

/etc/rc.config.d/hpws_apacheconf

If you are sure it is safe to delete, you can remove them using swremove.

[Leo The Cat]

It's ok by reading previous posts.

Thanks to you
Den