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scMerlin Router services enabled for no apparent reason

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There are several services I see on the scMerlin addon page that I don’t understand why they are enabled, since I haven’t activated them and don’t need them:
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I don’t use FTP, Samba, or DDNS on the router, so why are these services running? Can I disable them?
The same goes for the OpenVPN and WireGuard clients/servers.
Thanks. Regards.
 
The only one of your highlighted services that's actually "active" by default is Samba (in USB Application) which needs to be disabled if that's what you want.
I believe that part of the scMerlin menu is hard-coded - ie, it doesn't actually scan for active services.
 
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Ok, then I don’t understand the usefulness of scMerlin if it doesn’t show the services that are actually running and allows you to “restart” any service, whether it’s really active or not.
 
RMerlin himself recommended NOT to use this specific add-on.
 
RMerlin himself recommended NOT to use this specific add-on.
Only because of the way it tries to modify the UI menus and is prone to breakage. The basic service control features aren’t controversial (until this thread).
 
Only because of the way it tries to modify the UI menus

Correct. The common "UI not working" in every new firmware release thread.
 

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