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| − | Service Manager, seen in Figure | + | Service Manager, seen in Figure 8.6a, 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 | + | '''Figure 8.6a: Managing Services Using Service Manager''' |
[[Image:Servicesmanager1.png]] | [[Image:Servicesmanager1.png]] | ||
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By default, services will be listed alphabetically. You can reorder the services by clicking on the Service Name, Running, or Enabled header. | By default, services will be listed alphabetically. You can reorder the services by clicking on the Service Name, Running, or Enabled header. | ||
| − | Service Manager is a graphical front-end to the rc scripts located in ''/etc/rc.d''. PC-BSD 9. | + | Service Manager is a graphical front-end to the rc scripts located in ''/etc/rc.d''. PC-BSD 9.2 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 | + | If you don't know what a service does, you shouldn't change its settings in Service Manager. If you would 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''' | '''apropos accounting''' | ||
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pam_lastlog(8) - login accounting PAM module | pam_lastlog(8) - login accounting PAM module | ||
sa(8) - print system accounting statistics | sa(8) - print system accounting statistics | ||
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[[category:handbook]] | [[category:handbook]] | ||
Revision as of 17:18, 10 August 2012
| Service Manager |
Service Manager, seen in Figure 8.6a, 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 8.6a: Managing Services Using Service Manager
By default, services will be listed alphabetically. You can reorder the services by clicking on the Service Name, Running, or Enabled header.
Service Manager is a graphical front-end to the rc scripts located in /etc/rc.d. PC-BSD 9.2 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 would 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
