How to disable port/service in Ubuntu 8.04

[Rashkae]

Ashish Yadav wrote:
>> You could install the package sysv-rc-conf.  Run it as sudo sysv-rc-conf, and
>> you can stop and start services as you wish. So to stop the Apache server,
>> stop the httpd service.
>>
> 
> Yes that gives all options, Thanks.
> 
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I'm always amazed, whenever this topic comes up, no one seems to use the
nice GUI System -> Administration -> Services that comes installed by
Default with Ubuntu.