yellowdog-general digest, Vol 1 #1094 - 5 msgs

[Ed McKnight]

Scott,

I don't have my YellowDog in front of me so I might be a character or 
two off, but...

as root:

# /etc/init.d/pmud

Should yield you a usage message. Even if there is a recognized restart 
option sometimes it's worth explicitly stopping and then starting a service:

# /etc/init.d/pmud stop
# /etc/init.d/pmud start

If your old pmud and new one need different args or somesuch then this 
init file is the one to edit.

N.B. Entries in rc directories are *supposed* to be links back to init.d 
entries but sometimes you'll find real files out there, in which case 
changes made to init.d/pmud wouldn't be seen at boot time. You can 
either edit the file in the rc directory (probably rc2.d or rc3.d) or 
change that enty to be a link back to init.d (which is the correct fix :)

Ah, if you're unfamiliar with the rc directory biz: each R<n> stands for 
a Run state where states are numbered 0 through 6. The useful ones here 
are probably 2 and/or 3. 0 is power-off; 1 is single-user mode; 6 is 
reboot; 5 is auto-graphics mode. 3 is standard multi-user, 2 is 
somewhere between single-user and multi-user states. In each directory 
you'll see entries of the form "Snn<name>" and "Knn<name>" where S means 
run this script on Starting the state and K means run this script to 
Kill the service when exiting the state. The nn lets you specify the 
sequence in which start-up and shutdown scripts run. The entry *should 
be* a sym-link back to /etc/init.d/<name>.

HTH,  --emk

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 > Message: 3
 > Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:48:19 -0400
 > From: Scott Strungis <scott@strungis.net>
 > To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
 > Subject: Re: iBook does not sleep after recent yum update...
 > Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
 >
 > Thanks for the quick and easy reply.  I am a bit of a noob when it comes
 > to troubleshooting a Linux system.  I quickly figured out that
 > everything in Linux is a file, however.
 >
 > Console is no problem for me...Knowing that this pmud thing is a service
 > I went to the Services app but could not find it in the list.  I know
 > that this is simply an adjustment in an init file, but which one can I
 > add this service to so that the pmud service is activated at boot?
 >
 > Thanks,
 > Scott
 >