Running and Stopping processes [solved]

[Murda]

Hi.

 

I've been searching this forum for answer to my question, but haven't found anything related to this.

 

I can do this from Webmin, but i've forbidden all outside access to my server's Webmin. I want to do this via SSH.

 

So my question is:

 

How do i make processes run/not to run at boot time?

 

My httpd (just an example) process starts at boot, but i don't want it to start automatically. Is there a command to do this or do i have to change some file under /etc ?

 

I know that i can run and stop processes like this:

 

su root
service httpd start

 

And stop:

 

su root
service httpd stop

 

But i don't know where to look for this setting.

 

Thanks.

Murda

[devries]

Open the Mandriva Control center, system, services :)

[ianw1974]

To get a list of services using ssh:

 

chkconfig --list

 

of course, if you want to filter, let's say the service for apache is httpd, so:

 

chkconfig --list httpd

 

it will then list the runlevels it is set to "On", normally these will be runlevels 3 or 5, but also include some other runlevels too.

 

To stop it so that it never starts at boot:

 

chkconfig httpd off

 

this will mean it will never start when the system is rebooted. Therefore, if you want to start it manually:

 

service httpd start

 

other parameters are to replace start with stop to stop the service, or with status to find out if it's running.

[Murda]

Thanks, this solved my problem.

 

And Devries, as i said, i want to do this via console (SSH). :P

My runlevel is 3 (KDE doesn't start), so i can't access Mandriva Control Center.

 

-Murda

[ianw1974]

There is an mcc you can run from the command line, providing it's installed.

 

I find the chkconfig method much quicker though :P

[scarecrow]

I think the "services" section of mcc isn't available when accessed via CLI, but ain't sure... (haven't used Mandriva for quite some time).