Turning off services.

[gabrielle harrison and Paul van den Bergen]

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:37:38 +1000, Tez <binary_y2k2 at blueyonder.co.uk>  
wrote:

> gabrielle harrison and Paul van den Bergen wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> for various reasons I have several services such as PostgreSQL and
>> apache running on my system. I needed them at the time (testing a LAMP
>> application for a friend to see if it waas suitable for his needs). I
>> no longer need them at the moment and would like to shut them off
>> without deleting them.  I presume this is just a matter of
>> removing/disabling the /etc/rc.d files? Or is there a simpler method?
>>
>>
>> --Dr Paul van den Bergen
>> Chance favours the prepared mind
>>
> Yes you have to remove the links in /etc/rc*.d/
> but an easyer way of doing it is:
> $ sudo update-rc.d -f [service] remove
> eg
> sudo update-rc.d -f apache remove
>
> If you want to re-enable it you can just
>
> $ sudo update-rc.d apache defaults 91
>
> Tez
>
>
>

Thanks heaps.

Knowing something is possible makes one look at the problem from another  
angle too...

found out you can also do this in KDE via the Sytems Settings panel  
(System Admin-> System Services).

both are good!



-- 
Dr Paul van den Bergen
Chance favours the prepared mind