Steve Kostecke wrote: > On 2008-09-03, Joseph Gwinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Read the "service" shell script. It appears to get its file paths from >> environment variables named after the thing being started and stopped >> and accessible only in the root environment; this bit of RHEL-specific >> structure is being chased down. (Does anyone know where this is >> documented?) > > On Linux OSes init scripts are typically found in /etc/init.d/ or > /etc/rc.d/init.d/ Look for one named ntp (or something containing ntp). > I believe service is just a front end to those scripts, so I presume that, by "service shell scripts" he is referring to those scripts. The problem he is having is that they probably source files (bash . command) files containing shell variable definitions from the master configuration directory, maintained by the, typically GUI, configuration tools. I suspect he hasn't realised that is is sourcing thesse files.
Note that not all Linux distributions use this style of startup script, some are based on a more historical style of /etc/rc. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
