I'm running CentOS in a VM, so the GUI takes up a lot of resources. Because of that, I usually login to the CentOS VM using putty. The functionality in the "Service Configuration" window is available on the command line as well.
# list all services and their configuration at all runlevels [ccarddev@localhost]$ /sbin/chkconfig --list|less # turn off a service at a certain runlevel... [ccarddev@localhost]$ sudo /sbin/chkconfig --level 5 tomcat5 off [sudo] password for ccarddev: [ccarddev@localhost]$ /sbin/chkconfig --list|grep tomcat tomcat5 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off [ccarddev@localhost]$ # ... and turn it back on [ccarddev@localhost]$ sudo /sbin/chkconfig --level 5 tomcat5 on [ccarddev@localhost]$ /sbin/chkconfig --list|grep tomcat tomcat5 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off [ccarddev@localhost]$ # start/stop/restart a service [ccarddev@localhost]$ sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat5 start Starting tomcat5: [ OK ] [ccarddev@localhost]$ sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat5 restart Stopping tomcat5: [ OK ] Starting tomcat5: [ OK ] [ccarddev@localhost]$ sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat5 stop Stopping tomcat5: [ OK ] [ccarddev@localhost]$
