This is an administration tool - you should be able to see everything. Sure, you may be able to damage the system, but also, if the system has damaged itself (through some broken installation, virus etc) you need complete control to be able to fix it.
-- [services-admin]"Services" application in Ubuntu 6.0.6 LTS only shows currently active services and doesn't provide any mechanism to modify settings. https://launchpad.net/bugs/63268 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs