# &tool; Manual V&manrevision;

## Introduction

The &tool; allows you to specify which services will be started during the system boot process, as well as starting or stopping them instantly.

## Getting started

You can start &tool; in the following ways:

Applications menu

- Choose System Tools Services.

Command line

- Execute the following command: `services-admin`

When you start &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.

### &tool; main window

Shows &tool; main window.

The &tool; main window contains the following elements:

Runlevels menu

- This drop-down menu allows you to tune your services' behavior by expressly telling them under which circumstances do they must start (i.e: enabled in graphical mode, while disabled in text mode). This menu may not exist if your system has not the concept of runlevels.

Services list

- This is a list of all the services installed in the system, telling whether they're active in the runlevel selected in the runlevels menu.

Ordering checkbox

- By default the services list has alphabetical order, turn on this checkbox to order the services by priority. This item may not exist if your system has not the concept of priority.

Service properties button

- This button displays more information about the selected service.

### Service properties

Shows the service properties window.

## Usage

### To enable or disable a service at boot time

Turn up or down the checkbox beside the service in the services list.

### To enable or disable a service inmediately

Select a service, click on the Service properties button and click on the Start or Stop buttons.

### To change a service startup sequence

Select a service, click on the Service properties button and change the priority. If you have selected the Order list by startup sequence checkbox, you will see the selected service moving through the list. If your system does not have the concept of priorities, the spinbutton will not exist