https://nalar.dev/tags/openrc/ Recent content in OpenRC on Nalar Hugo en-us Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://nalar.dev/openrc-runlevels-enabling-versus-starting-services/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://nalar.dev/openrc-runlevels-enabling-versus-starting-services/ <p><code>rc-update add sshd default</code> registers SSH for the <code>default</code> runlevel. It does not start the SSH daemon. Conversely, <code>rc-service sshd start</code> can start the daemon immediately without enabling it for the next boot.</p> <p>That separation is central to OpenRC. A service has a place in the boot configuration and a current runtime state, and those are different things. Confusing them can leave a service running until the next reboot but absent afterward, or registered to start at boot while still stopped today.</p>