A standalone service is a program that provides some behind the scenes service (web, mail, database, etc) without relying on other services or special clients. So a web server will serve regardless of the web browser connecting to it. HTH Kevin On Jun 27, 2010 7:09 PM, "keith smith" wrote: Thank you Keven, This is excellent. I'm still wondering what a standalone service is. Thanks! ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Fri, 6/25/10, Kevin Fries > > From: Kevin Fries > Subject: Re: Add/Remove/Start/Stop services on CentOS > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Friday, June 25, 2010, 3:32 PM > > Older systems like Fedora 5, and some distros like CentOS use an older but fairly limited start... -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@... --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss