svcadm

Enable, disable, refresh, or restart SMF services.

Illumos

Last updated: 2026-07-06 Report error

Syntax

$svcadm [COMMAND] SERVICE

Optionen

enable Enables service

disable Disables service

restart Starts Service neu

Examples

$pfexec svcadm enable ssh

Examples

$pfexec svcadm restart network/physical:default

Distro comparison

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Typical use cases

Restart service

svcadm restart ssh

Enable service

svcadm enable ssh

Clear maintenance

svcadm clear ssh

Note Together with svcs/svccfg, the central Illumos service toolset.

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