How to Use a Run Control Script to Stop or Start a Service

1. Become superuser.

2. Stop the system service.

   # /etc/init.d/filename stop

3. Restart the system service.

   # /etc/init.d/filename start

4. Verify that the service has been stopped or started.

   # pgrep -f service

Example—Using a Run Control Script to Stop or Start a Service

For example, you can stop the NFS server daemons by typing the following:

# /etc/init.d/nfs.server stop
# pgrep -f nfs
#

Then, you can restart the NFS server daemons by typing the following:

# /etc/init.d/nfs.server start
# pgrep -f nfs 
141 143 245 247
# pgrep -f nfs -d, | xargs ps -fp
daemon   141    1 40   Jul 31 ?     0:00 /usr/lib/nfs/statd
root     143    1 80   Jul 31?      0:01 /usr/lib/nfs/lockd
root     245    1 34   Jul 31 ?     0:00 /usr/lib/nfs/nfsd -a 16
root     247    1 80   Jul 31 ?     0:02 /usr/lib/nfs/mountd