[Users] /etc/init.d/service stop

[Gregor at HostGIS]

> When I type:
> /etc/init.d/ganglia-monitor stop
> On my Host physical server, it shuts down all the running "gmond"
> processes both in host and in my VEs. How can I avoid this?

I don't know what ganglia is, but the issue sounds simple. my guess is 
that the init script is probably doing "killall gmond" which yes, would 
kill all of them. The solution would be to rewrite the init script, to 
use a PID file or some such to kill only the desired process.

If that's beyond your skills, your best bet would be to ask the 
developers of the software. Tell them that you're running multiple 
copies of ganglia, and that you'd like to be able to start/stop them 
independently. Hopefully they can supply you with an init script that 
kills only the specific gmond.

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