How to prevent a service from starting

phonecian · 10-06-2005, 10:31 AM

Suddenly, a RedHat 3EL server will not boot. The boot sequence becomes arrested when it tries to start NFS.
How can I intervene to block it from trying to start NFS?
Thanks

anomie · 10-06-2005, 10:41 AM

My preference is to do these things with chkconfig.

First have a look at

Code:

chkconfig --list | grep nfs

because there is more than one nfs-related service.

After identifying the ones you want to disable, you can use:

Code:

chkconfig -set nfs off

phonecian · 10-06-2005, 10:57 AM

Thats very helpful
Thankyou