Re: updatedb.mlocate
On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 at 09:50, Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 09:34:42AM +1000, David wrote:
> > On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 at 09:24, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > systemctl disable mlocate.service before you fiddle with its
> > > configuration, then enable it afterwards.
> >
> > Hi, I think you need "stop" and "start" there, not "disable" and
> > and "enable".
> >
> > Or maybe "systemctl daemon-reload" although I'm not sure
> > about that because I don't know much about systemd.
> >
> > But a quick test here shows that a "disable" command on a
> > running service does not stop it.
>
> It's not a running service. It's a service that's started by a timer.
> The other David's proposal was to disable it, in the hope that this
> would prevent the timer from being able to start it.
Ah, you're right, I wasn't paying sufficient attention and missed
that, sorry for adding noise to the thread.
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