服务列表好办，chkconfig --list 就有了，但是他们都是做什么用的，系统中是否用得到，怎么查？

1、man 服务名

最广泛使用的查询方式man

比如 

# man abrtd
ABRTD(8)                          ABRT Manual                         ABRTD(8)
NAME
       abrtd - automated bug reporting tool麓s daemon.
SYNOPSIS
       abrtd [-dsv[v]...]
DESCRIPTION
       abrtd is a daemon that watches for application crashes. When a crash
       occurs, it collects the problem data (core file, application鈥檚 command
       line etc.) and takes action according to the type of application that
       crashed and according to the configuration in the abrt.conf config
       file. There are plugins for various actions: for example to report the
       crash to Bugzilla, to mail the report, or to transfer the report via
       FTP or SCP. See the manual pages for the respective plugins.


2、rpm -qi

当然，也会有一些服务通过man查询不到， 比如 blk-availability 、 abrt-ccpp。

我们可以通过启动脚本对应的rpm包来查询，知道这个rpm包的作用，也就知道这个服务的作用了。

rpm -qi `rpm -qf /etc/rc.d/init.d/服务名` # 注意是反引号

看Description部分，一般就是这个rpm包的作用了，至少能看出来和哪些功能相关。

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qi `rpm -qf /etc/rc.d/init.d/blk-availability`
Name        : lvm2                         Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 2.02.98                           Vendor: CentOS
Release     : 9.el6                         Build Date: Fri 22 Feb 2013 02:21:40 PM CST
Install Date: Wed 19 Mar 2014 05:06:26 PM CST      Build Host: c6b8.bsys.dev.centos.org
Group       : System Environment/Base       Source RPM: lvm2-2.02.98-9.el6.src.rpm
Size        : 1417702                          License: GPLv2
Signature   : RSA/SHA1, Sun 24 Feb 2013 01:39:56 AM CST, Key ID 0946fca2c105b9de
Packager    : CentOS BuildSystem <http://bugs.centos.org>
URL         : http://sources.redhat.com/lvm2
Summary     : Userland logical volume management tools
Description :
LVM2 includes all of the support for handling read/write operations on
physical volumes (hard disks, RAID-Systems, magneto optical, etc.,
multiple devices (MD), see mdadd(8) or even loop devices, see
losetup(8)), creating volume groups (kind of virtual disks) from one
or more physical volumes and creating one or more logical volumes
(kind of logical partitions) in volume groups.


3、当然是强大的google了…