Control one service 11.. PPrriinncciipplleess A service is normally associated with a running process (a file server, a Web server), which you may (or may not) want to run. 22.. DDiiaalloogg For each service, a dialog presents various information and lets you do a few operations. Here is a description: 22..11.. AAuuttoommaattiicc ssttaarrttuupp When enabled, the service will be started at boot time and Linuxconf will make sure the service is running (and up to date) whenever you quit or activate changes. 22..22.. SSttaattuuss This reports on whether the service is currently running. 22..33.. DDeessccrriippttiioonn This provides a short introduction to the service, which is extracted from the startup script /etc/rc.d/init.d/service-name. 22..44.. PPaacckkaaggee nnaammee Linuxconf tries to associate the service to the package that provides it. The association is done by querying a package manager module (a Linuxconf module). This module (for RPM packages, it is called managerpm) may or may not be installed. 22..55.. PPaacckkaaggee vveerrssiioonn If the service can be associated with a package, its version is reported. 22..66.. OOppeerraattiioonnss Beside enabling or disabling a service, you can do other operations on it from this dialog. 22..66..11.. SSttaarrtt This starts the service and updates its status. You can start a service manually even if it is not configured for automatic startup. 22..66..22.. SSttoopp This stops the service and updates its status. You can stop a service manually even if it is configured for automatic startup. Note that Linuxconf will try to start it whenever you activate some changes. 22..66..33.. RReessttaarrtt This performs a stop and a start on the service. 22..66..44.. SSttaattuuss This reports information about the service; it prints the output of the command /etc/rc.d/init.d/SERVICE status 22..66..55.. PPkkgg iinnffoo If a package manager is installed and the service can be associated with a package, you can get more information about the package. You can also un-install the package right from this dialog.