Useful tips, tricks and articles about Linux, Windows and computers in general
Date added: 2014-03-31 21:26:09
Platform: Linux
Tested on: Fedora 17
At some stage as a Linux user you will run into a scenario where you will have to start and stop services on your system.
To check the status of a service (for example Samba), run the following command from a terminal window:
systemctl status smb
This will check the status of the Samba (smb) service and tell you whether it is active or inactive.
To start a service, run the following command from a terminal window (obviously you will have to be root to execute this command):
systemctl start smb
This will start the Samba (smb) service.
To stop a service, run the following command from a terminal window (once again you will have to be root to execute this command):
systemctl stop smb
This will stop the Samba (smb) service.