I like linuxconf but it does seem to be fading away -- kill it out of
inetd.conf or whatever the xinetd equiv is, of course...
Short of manually playing in /etc/rc.d/* you could try ntsysv (text-gui)
or chkconfig, as in 'chkconfig --list' or 'chkconfig --del someservice'
(my fav), etc.
Steve
Eric wrote:
>
> What is the best way to manage services without using Linuxconf. It is my
> understanding that Linuxconf is being phased out in Red Hat, and I've heard
> lots of security-types badmouth it.
>
> Specifically what I want to be able to do is control whether Samba starts at
> boot, whether Apache does, cron, and so on.
>
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