chkconfig does NOT show what is running. It shows what is configured to start when you ENTER a given run level (usually by booting to it).
To check if a service is running, do service SERVICENAME status To start a service, do service SERVICENAME start Jon On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Real Cucumber wrote: > It shows vsftp on when I did the chkconfig --list > > But I still can't connect to the server thorugh ftp, telnet, web, nothing - and I > installed with firewall off... and I really don't know how to get this machine to > accept connections and make sure everything is working. > > Even apache is running and I've placed an index.htm file in the virtual host web > folder and I can't view it when I try http://ipaddress/ > > Is there some kind of global setting for me to make sure that RH8 allows connections? > > I'd ideally like to have FTP, Web, MySQL, and Telnet services running - this machine > is on a local area network with a gateway setting and is not directly connected to > the net. > > > > > "Rigler, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It sounds like there may be some confusion as to what the service > command does. > > /sbin/service is basically a script that prepends "/etc/init.d" to > whatever argument you feed it. When you enter "service vsftpd start" > it says service not found because it has no script in /etc/init.d. > The reason it has no script in /etc/init.d is because it is an xinetd > service and must be started/stopped within xinetd. > > The easiest way to manage services (xinetd based or other) is through > chkconfig. Just type "chkconfig --list " and it will > tell you whether it is enabled or not. To enable a service, do > "chkconfig on". If it is xinetd based, it will change > to "disabled" to "no" and restart xinetd for you. Naturally xinetd > should also be enabled to run at boot "chkconfig --list xinetd". > > -Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: Real Cucumber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 12:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Rehat 8 - How to Setup FTP Server > > > Disable is already set to no. > > When I do: > > service xinetd stop or start - it works > > When I do: > > service vsftpd stop or start - it says "unrecognized service". > > However when I go through the Gnome GUI and click Services, it is listed and > checked, but the stop/start buttons are greyed out... > > I have no idea what is going on - its a fresh install of RH8 in server mode - and I > can't get vsftp to run. > > > > > "Thomas E. Dukes" wrote: > I think you need to look in /etc/xinetd and find the file for vsftpd. Open it and > change disable=yes to disbale = no > > > Palmetto Shopper > http://www.palmettoshopper.com > Serving all of South Carolina and beyond! > Palmetto Politics > http://www.palmettoshopper.com/politics/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Real Cucumber > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 7:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Rehat 8 - How to Setup FTP Server > > > It won't let me... it just says I need to enable xinetd - but that is already > enabled.... > > > > Wendell MacKenzie wrote: > did you enable the vsftp service? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Real Cucumber > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 8:10 PM > Subject: Rehat 8 - How to Setup FTP Server > > > Hi, > > I'm a linux n00b and I've just installed a fresh server install of Redhat 8. > > I see that it installed 2 FTP packages: > > -vsftp (secure/full featured ftp) > -anonftp (anonymous/read only) > > So I wanted to get vsftp working, however when I checked in services and tried to > start vsftp - it said it required me to enable xinted... however xinetd is already > checked and started, I've even tried restarting it yet it will still not let me > click the "start" button for vsftp - its greyed out. > > I can't find any documention or help or even files when searching the hard drive > related to "vsftp" > > If anyone has some kind of a user's guide or quick-start manual it would be > appreciated. > > I'd like to be able to setup user accounts and limit their access to specified > directories etc... as well as use SSH FTP and normal FTP connectoins... > > Any help appreciated. > > > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
