Chkconfig settings
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The chkconfig command can also be used to activate and deactivate services. The chkconfig --list command displays a list of system services and whether they are started (on) or stopped (off) in runlevels 0-6. At the end of the list is a section for the services managed by xinetd.
If you use chkconfig --list to query a service in /etc/rc.d, that service's settings for each runlevel are displayed. For example, the command chkconfig --list httpd returns the following output:
chkconfig --list httpd httpd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off
chkconfig can also be used to configure a service to be started (or not) in a specific runlevel.
For example, to turn nscd off in runlevels 3, 4, and 5, use the following command:
chkconfig --level 345 nscd off
For example, to turn httpd on for runlevels 2, 3, 4, and 5 use the following command:
chkconfig --level 2345 httpd on
