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services-admin

services-admin(1)						   User Commands						 services-admin(1)

NAME

       services-admin - Basic tool to enable and disable SMF services.

SYNOPSIS

       services-admin [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       services-admin  provides a simple list view of all the services configured on the system (in SMF) and allows the user to enable/disable the
       services.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       gnome-std-options	       Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more informa-
				       tion.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Running the main application.

       example% services-admin

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/services-admin	       Executable for services configuration.

       /var/spool/setup-tool-backends/backup/services
				       Backup directory for files that are modified.

       /var/run/setup-tool-backends/debug/services
				       Debug logs can be found under here.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-system-tools	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Uncommitted		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       users-admin(1), shares-admin(1), time-admin(1), network-admin(1), gnome-std-options(5), smf(5), svcadm(1M), svcs(1M), attributes(5)

NOTES

       It isn't possible to do anything other than disable/enable a service. Some services may not be listed.

       Written by Darren Kenny, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006.

SunOS 5.11							    6 Nov 2006							 services-admin(1)