chkconfig for starting and stopping services

fakie_flip · 09-28-2012, 01:21 AM

I'm using CentOS 6.1. From the chkconfig man page, it says

"The on and off flags cause the service to be started or stopped"

As a test, I did this, but it didn't stop. What's going on here?

Code:

[root@alpha conf]# chkconfig --level 3 atd off
[root@alpha conf]# service atd status
atd (pid  2734) is running...
[root@alpha conf]# runlevel
N 3
[root@alpha conf]#

I know I can use service atd stop to stop it, but I'm trying to study the chkconfig command.

bathory · 09-28-2012, 02:23 AM

Hi,

chkconfig is used to specify what services are going to start/stop on spacific runlevels. From chkconfig manpage:

Quote:

chkconfig - updates and queries runlevel information for system services

Quote:

[root@alpha conf]# chkconfig --level 3 atd off

The command above makes atd not to start on boot at runlevel 3. It does not stop the service. To start/stop a service you use the service command as you've already mentioned.

Regards