Michael Satterwhite wrote: > After the problems I had with Fedora Core 6, I installed Fedora Core 5 > when I tried again. It seems to be working. I'm sure I'm going to have > some questions as I switch from Ubuntu to Fedora. > > Question 1: > Most of the distributions I've used bring up a service (MySQL, Samba, > etc) when I install it. Fedora doesn't. Is there a tool for this, or do > I drop back to raw mode as if I compiled them? e.g. how do I bring up > MySQL and Samba. > > Thanks in advance > ---Michael > as root chkconfig mysqld on chkconfig smbd on will enable these services to start at boot. man chkconfig or use System -> Administration -> Server Settings -> Services in Gnome -- Steve