svcadm

svcadm is a command line tool used in the Solaris operating system to manage services. It stands for Service Management Facility (SMF) administrative tool.

With svcadm, system administrators can perform various operations on services, such as enabling, disabling, enabling on boot, and restarting services. It allows users to interact with the SMF repository, which stores information about the system's services and their dependencies.

The tool supports a rich set of options and arguments to facilitate service management. For instance, users can use the "-e" option to enable a service, while the "-d" option is used to disable a service. The "-r" option can be used to restart a service.

svcadm also provides the capability to view the status and configuration of services. The "-v" option displays detailed information about a particular service, including its state, dependencies, and properties.

Additionally, svcadm offers features like fault isolation and automatic recovery, allowing system administrators to diagnose and troubleshoot service-related issues efficiently.

It is worth noting that svcadm requires superuser privileges to manage services effectively and modify the SMF repository. Any service changes made using svcadm are immediately reflected in system behavior and persistence across reboots.