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Neil Winchurst wrote: > > The programs I particularly do not want running at every login are > apache and mysql. Can anyone remind me please, how to stop a program > from starting up at login? Usually Apache and MySQL start at boot, not at login. Typically you remove the links from the current run level directory... Find runlevel with "runlevel" command. # runlevel N 3 ~# ls /etc/rc3.d K11anacron S20bittorrent S20ssh S89anacron README S20cupsys S20stunnel4 S89atd S10sysklogd S20dbus S20sysstat S89cron ... ... Removing the relevant "S..." links with "rm" isn't recommended, use the command for your distro, as that will do it right. Debian's tool is "update-rc.d", Redhat use to have an "ntsysv" but that might have changed by now. GUI-wise GNOME has an "Services" menu under Administration for this, I'm sure KDE has similar, but I find the GUI for these things more confusing that just using the command line tools, and shell access. Things that run at "login" (rather than boot time), are typically run by the Window manager's "session manager", in GNOME that is controlled via "Administration", "Preferences", "Sessions", which since it is more typical desktop things, GNOME does a better job of managing than boot time services. Again KDE has a similar tool, as do most Window managers.
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