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updates | March 22, 2026

Start and stop parameters in init script

I have .conf a file in /etc/init/ with this code at the bottom:

start on (started network-interface or started network-manager or started networking)
stop on (stopping network-interface or stopping network-manager or stopping networking)

I understand this means that it is launched whenever the system boots. Anyway, is it possible to have a more accurate information about each one of these events? man initctl does not provide a comprehensive list of them and googling is not very successful so far.

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network-interface, network-manager and networking are other Upstart jobs and are defined in /etc/init/network-interface.conf, /etc/init/network-manager.conf and /etc/init/networking.conf.

Have a look at Upstart Intro, Cookbook and Best Practises if you want to learn more about Upstart.

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