Change the States of the Services on your Agent for SharePoint

You can change the states of the related services on your Agent for SharePoint.

Note: To start or stop your Agent for SharePoint, change the value of the EnableWebAgent parameter first.

Follow these steps:

To change the states of the related services, select one of the following procedures:
- For Windows operating environments, go to Step 2.
- To start the Agent for SharePoint on UNIX operating environments, go to Step 3.
- To stop the Agent for SharePoint on UNIX operating environments, go to Step 4.
For Windows operating environments, do the following steps:
1. From the Windows Start menu navigate to Administrative Tools, Services.
  The Services dialog appears.
2. Scroll down the list of services and select SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint.
3. From the Action menu, select All Tasks and select the command that you want.
4. Repeat Step b for SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint Proxy Engine.
  The states of the services and Agent for SharePoint are changed.
To start the Agent for SharePoint on UNIX operating environments, do the following steps.
1. Log in as a root user.
2. Navigate to the following directory:
```
Agent-for-SharePoint_home/proxy-engine
```
3. Run the following command:
```
./sps-ctl start
```
  The service and the Agent for SharePoint start. The Agent for SharePoint stops or starts according to the value you set in the EnableWebAgent parameter.
To stop the Agent for SharePoint on a system running UNIX, do the following steps:
1. Navigate to the following directory:
```
Agent-for-SharePoint_home/proxy-engine
```
2. Run the following command:
```
./sps-ctl stop
```
  The service and the Agent for SharePoint stop.