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Disabling unnecessary services

Chkconfig



Enabling or disabling services on Linux it is simple to do. Like in windows you go to the run command type "msconfig" and go to the service tab and start enabling or disabling services. The only problem with the Microsoft version is that the operating system does not allow selecting which services to start when in safe mode. Linux version of this does allow you select which services to be turned on or off.


The chkconfig is used to manipulate the run level links at boot time. It can be thought of as a fron-tend to insserv. Chkconfig can run in six different modes: terse list mode, set mode, edit mode, list mode, add mode and delete mode. The last three modes were added for compatibility reasons. (From: http://man-wiki.net/index.php/8:chkconfig). Read the PDF to read more about it.
 
 

Title: Chkconfig Settings
File Name: Chkconfig.pdf
File Type: PDF
File Size: 1.17 MB 
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