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Author: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
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Subject: chkconfig vs. /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd -- what does each do best?
On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Mark Berkwitt wrote:

> /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd seems to work well for me. I can start, stop or find
> the status of apache at will. I just can't set apache to start at boot.
>
> I ran 
> # /sbin/chkconfig --add httpd
> then
> # /sbin/chkconfig --list httpd
> httpd    0:off    1:off    2:off    3:off    4:off    5:off    6:off

>
> What is this, and what function does it provide.
>
> What is chkconfig for and why should I use it?


chkconfig helps you manage the processes started at boot. 'chkconfig
--add service' only adds that service to the services that *might* be
started at the different runlevels. 'chkconfig service on' actually sets
a particular service to start on the current runlevel.


David


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