ID = linux_ask_02

Status: closed

Question

How to manage auto startup service? Take ssh service as example, this is enabled by default. I want to disable it.

Answer

Learn from [1], the way is simple. To disable the SSH service to start during system boot run: $ sudo systemctl disable ssh

To enable it again type: $ sudo systemctl enable ssh

[200628] Tried it, and worked well. $ sudo service ssh stop $ sudo systemctl disable ssh

Then restart the computer, and check ssh status:

$ sudo service ssh status ● ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ssh.service; disabled; vendor preset: > Active: inactive (dead) Docs: man:sshd(8) man:sshd_config(5)

Reference

[1] How to Enable SSH on Ubuntu 18.04