List all services and their state:

# svcs -a

List the state of a single service:

# svcs -l svc:/network/telnet:default

  fmri         svc:/network/telnet:default
  name         Telnet server
  enabled      true
  state        online
  next_state   none
  state_time   Thu Oct 13 12:01:43 2005
  restarter    svc:/network/inetd:default

Show extended info on a service:

# svcs -x svc:/network/telnet:default

	svc:/network/telnet:default (Telnet server)
	 State: online since Thu Oct 13 10:47:20 2005
	   See: in.telnetd(1M)
	   See: telnetd(1M)
	Impact: None.

Disable a service:

# svcadm disable svc:/network/telnet:default

Enable a service:

# svcadm enable svc:/network/telnet:default

List dependencies for a service:

# svcs -d /network/dns/client

  STATE          STIME    FMRI
  online         10:46:43 svc:/network/loopback:default
  online         10:46:50 svc:/milestone/network:default
  online         10:46:53 svc:/system/filesystem/minimal:default
  online         10:47:04 svc:/network/service:default



List dependents of a service:

# svcs -D /network/dns/client

  STATE          STIME    FMRI
  disabled       10:46:47 svc:/network/security/kadmin:default
  disabled       10:46:47 svc:/network/security/krb5kdc:default
  online         10:47:04 svc:/milestone/name-services:default