startup

chrismiceli · 01-09-2003, 07:41 PM

what is the best way to clear up the startup services, to make it boot faster. i don't mind the terminal, in fact i prefer it, but you might want to tell me a way in X just in case i get confused. thanx in advanced.

trickykid · 01-09-2003, 07:59 PM

Well what distro are you running ? Usually you just need to edit your rc scripts in usually the /etc/rc.d directory. Just uncomment the services in each script you don't want to load at boot time.

For example, http or web server, dns, samba... etc..

chrismiceli · 01-09-2003, 08:51 PM

thanx trickykid, you are always of help, i am running rh8.

trickykid · 01-09-2003, 11:48 PM

Actually with Redhat, you could use the command: setup to select what services you want running and what not.. see if that works for ya.

d_daywalker · 01-09-2003, 11:53 PM

You may enable/disable services upon bootup by using the chkconfig command. You need to login as root (either su or su -) then run this command:

chkconfig --level <runlevel> <service> on/off

e.g. To disable samba on runlevel 3, 4 and 5 upon bootup, run this command:

chkconfig --level 345 smb off

To enable it again, run this command:

chkconfig --level 345 smb on

For more information about chkconfig, run:

man chkconfig