System Administration Guide, Volume 1

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

Turn off NFS server functionality by typing:


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

Restart the NFS services by typing:


# /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