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if you have 2 or more services with the same initial chars (such as nfs and nfsfs) then chkconfig on and off for one changes both (with one exception - see that last example below). It looks like it gets the length of the first service name (which apparently is the short one under most cases) and then just pulls out all services that match for that number of chars. It's probably the same issue with bug#1166 - probably the same parse routine? I wasn't sure whether I should put in a new bug or try to add comments to the 1166. root@nox:/ [31] # rpm -q chkconfig-0.9.6-1 chkconfig-0.9.6-1 root@nox:/ [32] # chkconfig --list | grep nfs nfsfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off root@nox:/ [33] # chkconfig nfs off root@nox:/ [34] # chkconfig --list | grep nfs nfsfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off root@nox:/ [35] # chkconfig nfsfs on root@nox:/ [36] # chkconfig --list | grep nfs nfsfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off root@nox:/ [37] # chkconfig nfsfs off root@nox:/ [38] # chkconfig --list | grep nfs nfsfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off --- here's the only time it works properly: root@nox:/ [39] # chkconfig nfs on root@nox:/ [40] # chkconfig --list | grep nfs nfsfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off root@nox:/ [41] #
I have been able to replicate this problem in the test lab. I Used the chkconfig utility to enable both the nfs and the nfsfs services for runlevels 3,4,5. When you use the chkconfig command: chconfig nfs off it disables both instead of just nfs. Also if you use chkconfig nfsfs off it also fails. This has been passed on to a developer.
fixed in chkconfig-1.0.2