How do I start a service manually?

[JohnF]

Specifically, how can I start services 'echo' and 'echo-udp" (which are apparently internal xinetd services) from an xterm?
I just need them enabled while a program is running, or, at most, until system reboot, and I don't want to mess around with any configuration files.
This is probably very simple, but I've spent over an hour googling for it and couldn't find anything that worked.

Thanks in advance!

[markkuk]

Xinetd based services are controlled by the chkconfig command: "chkconfig echo on" and "chkconfig echo-udp on". You must stop them with "chkconfig <service> off" or they will stay enabled permanently.

[bitrain]

Originally Posted by markkuk

Xinetd based services are controlled by the chkconfig command: "chkconfig echo on" and "chkconfig echo-udp on". You must stop them with "chkconfig <service> off" or they will stay enabled permanently.

Can't you just do:
service echo start
end
service echo-udp start
???

[JohnF]

Xinetd based services are controlled by the chkconfig command: "chkconfig echo on" and "chkconfig echo-udp on". You must stop them with "chkconfig <service> off" or they will stay enabled permanently.

Thanks, this seems to do it! For some reason though I had to do "su -" (login as root) rather than simple "su" for it to work.

service echo start

bitrain, I tried this before posting but it wouldn't work. Apparently echo is internal to xinetd, hence "service echo start" complains there is no such service.

[bitrain]

Originally Posted by JohnF

Thanks, this seems to do it! For some reason though I had to do "su -" (login as root) rather than simple "su" for it to work.

Cause /sbin isn't in your path, su - takes root's path, and /sbin is there. If you want to do su, try:
/sbin/chkconfig

bitrain, I tried this before posting but it wouldn't work. Apparently echo is internal to xinetd, hence "service echo start" complains there is no such service.

Thanks.