B. Managing Services on Fedora Core 7

Controlling which services are currently running on your computer and which start up with your computer is very easy with Fedora Core's Service Configuration interface. From the GNOME taskbar, click SystemAdministrationServices. You will need to enter your root (system administrator) password to use the dialog. The window that pops up shows you all of the available services on your computer. Services that have a check in the box next to them are currently running. To turn a service on or off, simply click the box, or select it and press the `Start' or `Stop' button at the top of the list.

In order to edit which services start with your computer when it boots, you need to know a little about runlevels. You computer has several different runlevels. The one you are most concerned with is runlevel 5. Runlevel 5 means multiuser X-server mode. Generally speaking, if you are using a graphical interface then you are in runlevel 5.

To have omniNames start with your computer, select it in the services list, click `Edit Runlevel' on the top menubar, and select runlevel 5. Click the save button to save your configuration.

That's it! The next time you start your computer, omniNames will start running automatically.