Managing services (i.e. daemons)

[daihard]

Hi.

I am wondering which CLI/GUI tools I should use with Kubuntu to manage services (i.e. daemons). For those familar with the Red Hat system, I am looking for the equivalents of chkconfig (CLI) and system-config-services (GUI).

Thanks!
Dai

[daihard]

Re: Managing services (i.e. daemons)

I am replying to myself. I've found the tool named sysvconfig, which is a pseudo-GUI program that lets me configure services. This is not the best solution as I am looking for a pure CLI tool as well as GUI version, but if nothing else is available, I can live with sysvconfig.

I continue to look forward to your feedback.

[blackpaw]

Re: Managing services (i.e. daemons)

the service command, e.g.

sudo service mysql stop
sudo service mysql start
sudo service mysql restart

etc.

[daihard]

Re: Managing services (i.e. daemons)

the service command, e.g.

sudo service mysql stop
sudo service mysql start
sudo service mysql restart

Thanks for the reply. Yes, the "service" command can be used to start/stop/query services (just like running "/etc/init.d/service_name [start|stop|restart]). What I need in the tool is the ability to configure services so they start (or don't start) at system boot at various runlevels.

[Detonate]

Re: Managing services (i.e. daemons)

I'm just curious as to why the GUI in System Settings is not acceptable.

[daihard]

Re: Managing services (i.e. daemons)

I'm just curious as to why the GUI in System Settings is not acceptable.

Thanks for the response. It looks to me that Service Manager (accessible via System Settings and KDE Control Center) does not handle non-KDE daemons. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

The reason I'd prefer a CLI version is simply my personal preferences. I am a command-line person and would prefer using tools that are accessible whether or not a GUI desktop environment is available.

[Detonate]

Re: Managing services (i.e. daemons)

Click on the Icon that says "System Services". Click on the "Administrator Mode" to make changes.

[daihard]

Re: Managing services (i.e. daemons)

Click on the Icon that says "System Services". Click on the "Administrator Mode" to make changes.

Got it. Thanks!

Just one minor issue... the Cisco VPN client that I installed manually (i.e. not via apt-get) does show up as one of the services correctly, but its status is displayed incorrectly (saying "not running" although it in fact is running). Is this a known issue to non-standard services?

[daihard]

Re: Managing services (i.e. daemons)

Any other ideas? I am still looking for the CLI (command-line) program that manages services. I need the one that lets me turn on/off any given service at boot time for different runlevels.

Thanks!
Dai