Getting started

You can start Services Administration Tool in the following ways:

System menu

Choose Administration ▸ Services.

Command line

Execute the following command: services-admin

When you start Services Administration Tool, you will be prompted for the administrator password, this is necessary because the changes done with this tool will affect the whole system.

After entering the administrator password, the following window is displayed.

Figure 1Services Administration Tool main window

The Services Administration Tool main window contains the following elements:

Services list

This is a list of the main services installed in the system, the checkbox indicates whether the service is active or not.