disable/enable ftp and cron daemon

[Paolo Gilli]

Hi,
Is possible disable/enable ftp and crontab daemon from command line? if yes, how?

Thankyou
Paolo

[Pete Randall]

For cron:

/sbin/init.d/cron stop
/sbin/init.d/cron start

For ftp:
edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out the ftp line, then run "inetd -c".


Pete

[Geoff Wild]

ftp:

vi /etc/inetd.conf change line:

ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l

to:

#ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l

then inetd -c

Cron, easier:

/sbin/init.d/cron stop
/sbin/init.d/cron start

Rgds...Geoff

[Jeff_Traigle]

As opposed to SAM, I guess. Not a simple command to run, but, yes, they can be disabled without SAM.

You disable ftp by editing /etc/inetd.conf and commenting the ftp line. Save and quit. Run "inetd -c".

For cron, you have to edit /etc/rc.config.d/cron. Change CRON=1 to CRON=0. That will keep it from starting next boot. (If it's running and you want to shut it down immeditaely, run "/sbin/init.d/cron stop" before making the edit to /etc/rc.config.d/cron.)

[Raj D.]

Hi Paolo ,

for disabling FTP:

1]

A. # vi /etc/inetd.conf
Put comment (#) in the line :

ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l -a -u000

B. # inetd -c

( To re-read the inetd.conf file )

2] for disabling cron :

# /sbin/init.d/cron stop

For permanent stop :
In /etc/rc.config.d/cron file make CRON=0


Enjoy ,
hth,
Raj.