Configuring boot services

One of the common tasks when setting up a server is to configure whether a service is set to start up on boot or not. This is handled differently on different versions of Linux.

To list all services and whether they're set to run on boot:

RHEL/CentOS/Fedora

chkconfig --list

Debian/Ubuntu

rcconf

NOTE: this program doesn't come installed by default

Enable a service to run on boot:

RHEL/CentOS/Fedora

chkconfig [service name] on

Debian/Ubuntu

update-rc.d [service name] enable

Disable a service from running on boot

RHEL/CentOS/Fedora

chkconfig [service name] off

Debian/Ubuntu

update-rc.d [service name] disable