Any way to disable/prevent start of a script without uninstalling it ?

[saison2023]

Hello,

Sorry in advance if this was already asked, maybe I didn't use the good keyword to do my research.

Is there any way to disable/prevent start of a script without uninstalling it ?
As an example, I would like to disable and prevent AdguardHome from running (but to keep everything in place) to test Diversion.

I saw that I can manipulate/comment some lines on the scripts inside "/jffs/scripts" directory but I am wondering if there is an (hidden) option inside amtm's menu to achieve this.

Thanks

 

[eibgrad]

I'm not sure if there's an automated way, but worst case, you could backup the config and jffs first, remove AdGuard, test Diversion, then restore. Frankly, that's what I would do normally if I had *any* reservations about the side-effects of installing a script. IOW, always give yourself the ability to return to a KNOWN working config.

 

[Ranger802004]

Hello,

Sorry in advance if this was already asked, maybe I didn't use the good keyword to do my research.

Is there any way to disable/prevent start of a script without uninstalling it ?
As an example, I would like to disable and prevent AdguardHome from running (but to keep everything in place) to test Diversion.

I saw that I can manipulate/comment some lines on the scripts inside "/jffs/scripts" directory but I am wondering if there is an (hidden) option inside amtm's menu to achieve this.

Thanks

You could simply just remove execute permissions

 

[Martinski]

You could simply just remove execute permissions

I don't know the specifics of AdGuardHome, but simply removing execute permissions may not work for all shell scripts, especially those that get explicitly launched like this:

sh /full/path/to/addonscript.sh

IOW, I don't think there's a one-size-fits-all solution to prevent any script from executing, short of modifying each script itself by adding an "exit 0" line right after the very 1st line:

#!/bin/sh
exit 0

So, yes, technically the script still begins to "execute" but exits immediately.

 

[RandomUser777]

You could simply just remove execute permissions

Just rename the script, ie add ".org" to the end.