How to clean up Bootup and Shutdown page

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#1 Thu, 10/28/2010 - 10:02
yngens

How to clean up Bootup and Shutdown page

I have uninstalled bunch of modules, which I did not need on my server, however they all still show on Bootup and Shutdown page of Webmin. Is there any way to clean them so that I could concentrate on monitoring only those modules, which are left on the system?

Thu, 10/28/2010 - 12:06
Locutus

Normally, the entries on that page should correspond to files in /etc/init.d (on Debian/Ubuntu, location might vary for other distros).

What distro are you using, and can you give a concrete example of a package you uninstalled and that still shows up in Webmin? And, what exactly did you mean with that you uninstalled some "modules"?

Thu, 10/28/2010 - 19:02 (Reply to #2)
yngens

I don't remember on which site I found instructions, but I downloaded and ran:

http://www.topdog-software.com/files/disable_service.sh.gz

Strange, but the script was supposed to remove the programms in its list from /etc/init.d, I have looked at the folder and they are still there. Maybe its because /etc/init.d actually is a simlink to /etc/init.d -> rc.d/init.d? I wonder is it safe if I delete them manually or by changing the script?

I am on CentOS5.

Thu, 10/28/2010 - 16:48
Locutus

According to its man page, the command "chkconfig" does not actually delete init scripts (which I'd have found quite dangerous anyway), but just (en/)disables services at boot time. So it's all normal that the services still show up in Webmin. You could have disabled them in Webmin too by the way. :)

I think it's not a good idea to just delete the init scripts. If you really wish to fully get rid of the services, you should uninstall them properly via the package manager.

Thu, 10/28/2010 - 19:04 (Reply to #4)
yngens

Thank you for a valuable advice. I think I can bear switched off services list on my Webmin.

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