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Service Manager is a graphical front-end to the rc scripts located in /etc/rc.d. PC-BSD 9.1 will include an Info button where you can get a short description of the highlighted service. | Service Manager is a graphical front-end to the rc scripts located in /etc/rc.d. PC-BSD 9.1 will include an Info button where you can get a short description of the highlighted service. | ||
| − | If you don't know what a service does, you shouldn't | + | If you don't know what a service does, you shouldn't change its settings in Service Manager. If you'd like to learn more about a service, try seeing if there is a man page for it. For example, type '''man apm''' or '''man bootparamd'''. If a man page does not exist, try seeing what man pages are associated with that keyword. For example: |
| − | ''' | + | '''apropos accounting''' |
| − | + | ac(8) - connect time accounting | |
| − | + | acct(2) - enable or disable process accounting | |
| − | + | acct(5) - execution accounting file | |
accton(8) - enable/disable system accounting | accton(8) - enable/disable system accounting | ||
| − | + | ipfw(4) - IP packet filter and traffic accounting | |
| − | + | pac(8) - printer/plotter accounting information | |
| + | pam_lastlog(8) - login accounting PAM module | ||
| + | sa(8) - print system accounting statistics | ||
Revision as of 13:42, 27 July 2011
| Service Manager |
Service Manager, seen in Figure 7.2a, provides an easy-to-use graphical utility for managing PC-BSD services. The listed services can be enabled/disabled at system startup and their current status can be toggled to stopped or running. To access this utility, go to PC-BSD Control Panel -> Service Manager. You will be prompted to input the administrative password.
Figure 7.2a: Managing Services Using Service Manager
Service Manager is a graphical front-end to the rc scripts located in /etc/rc.d. PC-BSD 9.1 will include an Info button where you can get a short description of the highlighted service.
If you don't know what a service does, you shouldn't change its settings in Service Manager. If you'd like to learn more about a service, try seeing if there is a man page for it. For example, type man apm or man bootparamd. If a man page does not exist, try seeing what man pages are associated with that keyword. For example:
apropos accounting ac(8) - connect time accounting acct(2) - enable or disable process accounting acct(5) - execution accounting file accton(8) - enable/disable system accounting ipfw(4) - IP packet filter and traffic accounting pac(8) - printer/plotter accounting information pam_lastlog(8) - login accounting PAM module sa(8) - print system accounting statistics
