Description of problem: 1. The Service Configuration Tool web-based help (from the Help menu, file:///usr/share/doc/system-config-services-0.9.4/html/index.html) is out of date. The images are from an older version, and do not show the "Background Services" and "On Demand Services" tabs. The image in the Deployment Guide is up-to-date. 2. In both the web-based help and the Deployment Guide the tool is referred to as "Services Configuration", whereas the tool identifies itself as "Service Configuration". 3. In both the web-based help and the Deployment Guide there is no documentation about creating SysV init scripts. I would like to see documentation that shows how to ensure that a new init script added to the Service Configuration tool can be started from this tool. FYI Bug 242735 provides internal Red Hat links to init script guidelines. Maybe these can be used in the updated docs. Red Hat Knowledgebase Article 5120 is also useful. Using this article, I wrote an init script that works properly from the command line and during shutdown and boot up. Also, the Stop action works fine from the Service Configuration tool. But the Start action starts the service but then hangs (it does not report in a dialog box that the start was successful). There is no documentation stating what the Service Configuration tool expects from an init script that starts a service. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): The Service Configuration tool does not have an About menu item in the Help menu. How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0275.html