START_FOO Variables Missing in SuSE Linux 8.0

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions since 8.0

Situation

You are looking for a way to control the start of services. However, you cannot find the START_SERVICE variables used in previous SuSE Linux versions in /etc/rc.config or in /etc/sysconfig/*.

Procedure

With SuSE Linux version 8.0, this concept has been completely changed to comply with the LSB (Linux Standard Base). The start of system services is now only controlled via the respective links in /etc/init.d/rc?.d/. A graphical runlevel editor in YaST2 and the command-line tools insserv and chkconfig are available for this purpose.

If you want Samba to start automatically when the system is booted, execute the following command:

chkconfig -a smb

This will add the start script "smb" located in /etc/init.d/ to the corresponding runlevels.

For more information, please refer to the man pages on "insserv" and "chkconfig", to your manual, and to the file /etc/init.d/README.


See also:
o New SuSE Network Configuration and Features

Keywords: START_, RUNLEVEL, INSSERV, SYSTEM, SERVICES, START, RC.CONFIG, VARIABLE

Categories: Configuration

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