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Command used to set a service to start automatically with the server. You can also select the runlevel/s which the service will start at.

chkconfig --list [name]
chkconfig --add <name>
chkconfig --del <name>
chkconfig [--level <levels>] <name> <on|off|reset>

chkconfig can be used to check which services are running and turn off unneeded services.

• chkconfig –list | grep “3:on” Checks the packages which run on runlevel 3
• rpm -qi <package name> Checks the function of the package
• service <package> stop Turn the package off
• chkconfig <package> off Prevents package starting at boot