[arch-general] Tool to stop and start services? (Don't Panic)

[ndlarsen]

Nigel Henry wrote:

> Hi Nicolas. Thanks for your aldc python programme. aldc list all shows all the 
> running, and stopped services. I've only tried stopping, and starting vsftpd, 
> while trying to ftp into the Archlinux machine from my FC2 install using 
> gftp. The vsftpd service stopped ok, and could no longer access the archlinux 
> machine using gftp. Then did aldc start vsftpd. gftp was still running, and 
> retrying on the FC2 machine, and soon the directory list turned up in gftp on 
> FC2.

> Your python program seems to be fine. it would be nice if it were more 
> interactive, like the sysv-rc-conf program on Debian, but we can't have 
> everything, and I'm willing to work with this.

> Thanks for your reply, and the program.

> Nigel.

Hello Nigel.

I appreciate your reply. I take it that you by interactive refer to some 
sort of ncurses interface. I have yet to decide what form aldc will 
shape into and will keep a ncurses interface in mind as a future 
possibility.

Regards.