How do I disable a solaris 10 service?

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To disable a solaris 10 service, run the following:

# svcadm disable svc:/system/webconsole:console

To temporarily disable a solaris 10 service until the next reboot, do the following:

# svcadm disable -t svc:/system/webconsole:console

Note that you may see the resource with a in transition state while disabling and enabling a solaris service, like below with * against the state.

For instance after enabling a service.

# svcs svc:/system/webconsole:console
STATE          STIME    FMRI
offline*       10:29:26 svc:/system/webconsole:console

While disabling a service.

# svcs svc:/system/webconsole:console
STATE          STIME    FMRI
online*        10:22:01 svc:/system/webconsole:console

Eventually you should see, on of the following depending if you enabling or disabling a service.

# svcs svc:/system/webconsole:console
STATE          STIME    FMRI
online         10:31:22 svc:/system/webconsole:console

or

# svcs svc:/system/webconsole:console
STATE          STIME    FMRI
disabled       10:23:44 svc:/system/webconsole:console