What's the Debian Equivalent for chkconfig

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Assuming your Debian system is running systemd, to check all enabled services equivalent to chkconfig --list:

systemctl list-unit-files --type=service --state=enabled

(As you can see from What's the equivalent of chkconfig --list for systemctl?, on CentOS 7 the chkconfig command has been updated to actually tell you this and anther systemd equivalent when it is run.)

To set a service to start on boot equivalent to chkconfig <service_name> on:

systemctl enable <service_name>
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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • brakertech
    brakertech over 1 year

    What's the Debian Equivalent for chkconfig?

    On CentOS 6 I can run this to see the services that load with the system:

    chkconfig --list
    

    And i can set a service to start on boot like this:

    chkconfig <service_name> on
    

    Is there a similar binary that can do this for Debian?

    To clarify I am using Kali rolling but from what I am told this is very similar to Debian

    [kali@kali:~/labs/discovery]$ lsb_release -da
    No LSB modules are available.
    Distributor ID: Kali
    Description:    Kali GNU/Linux Rolling
    Release:    2020.1
    Codename:   kali-rolling
    
    [kali@kali:~/labs/discovery]$ hostnamectl
       Static hostname: kali
             Icon name: computer-vm
               Chassis: vm
            Machine ID: d74933508486479e9b07e83b9a036776
               Boot ID: ece90367d8454f7fb795b9f2f1787091
        Virtualization: vmware
      Operating System: Kali GNU/Linux Rolling
                Kernel: Linux 5.4.0-kali4-amd64
          Architecture: x86-64
    
    • GMaster
      GMaster about 4 years
      What version of Debian are you referring to? Newer versions of Debian use systemd.
    • rubaiat
      rubaiat about 4 years
      The equivalent to chkconfig is update-rc.d
    • JdeBP
      JdeBP about 4 years
      Always take comment answers with a large pinch of salt. The request for clarification shows why rubaiat's comment-answer is at best misleading.
    • brakertech
      brakertech about 4 years
      @GMaster I updated the question with the operating system information.
    • GMaster
      GMaster about 4 years
      For Kali 2020.1, my answer is correct
  • GMaster
    GMaster about 4 years
    Updated my answer. Thanks