Using the "ps" to show run-time options

Brian McKee map at map-heb.com
Fri Jan 28 09:49:47 MST 2005


It's service not services
On Friday, January 28, 2005, at 11:35  AM, Eric Dunbar wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 07:29:16 -0800 (PST), ssv102email-linux at yahoo.com
> <ssv102email-linux at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Eric,
>> FYI.
>> You can stop X and gdm by running the following
>> command: "services gdm stop"
>> or just go to the /etc/init.d and run the gdm script
>> manually and pass it "stop"
>> example:
>> "/etc/init.d/gdm stop"
>>
>> You don't want to do this while in X so make sure to
>> switch terminals "CTRL-ALT-F2" were F2 can be any of
>> the terminals F2-F6 (tty2-tty6).
>> Hope this helps.
>> Shane
>
> Hmm. I can't get the command "services" to work. I have found the file
> /etc/services (whereis services) but it seems to list the services and
> isn't a binary. I've also tried sudo services and am told "sudo:
> services: command not found".
>
> Eric.
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