How to Stop a Service or Program

This procedure shows how to stop a program managed by SMF, as well as a program that is not.

  1. Stop the service. 
    $ svcadm disable network/ssh
  2. If the program is not managed by SMF, stop the process.
    The following example shows how to stop a terminal running on your laptop.
    1. Identify the process ID for the program.
      For this example, look for the process ID for the bash program running on pts/2. 
      $ ps -ef |grep bash
   PID TTY         TIME CMD
  689 pts/2       0:00 bash
    2. Terminate the process. Use the process ID found in the previous step. 
      $ kill 689
    3. If the preceding command does not kill the process, use the following command: 
      $ kill -KILL 689

      See the kill(1) man page for more information.

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  1. Dec 23, 2008

    Alysson_Troffer says:

    The terms "service" and "program" seem to be used interchangeably. Are they the ...

    The terms "service" and "program" seem to be used interchangeably. Are they the same thing? I find switching between them to be a bit confusing.

    Also, does Step 1 apply to just services, not programs? Or just to services managed by SMF? This isn't clear.

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