service does not work in 7.0 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Ashe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "fred smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 8:43 PM Subject: Re[2]: 932c
> Hi fred, > > On Thursday, November 29, 2001, 6:27:38 PM, you babbled something about: > > fs> On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 10:43:18AM -0500, Mike Burger wrote: > >> "service lpd start"? > > fs> OK, I give up. Where/how did you learn about the command 'service' ?? > > I think it came into the RH distro around 6.2. It is basically a wrapper to > save some typing for the init scripts in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ > > I don't think it was ever well documented, but it was brought up here a few > months after some people that are on the list had been going to some of RH's > official training courses. > > One of the reasons this list is invaluable. > > fs> I've got a fresh RH72 install in which I did EVERYTHING, and there is > fs> a shellscript /sbin/service, but there's no man page for it. What does > fs> it do and how is one expected to figure out that it exists, much less > fs> what it's for ? > > Basically, whatever can be done with the init scripts can be done with it. > Just use service <servicename> <start|stop|restart|reload|status|etc> > > Have fun, > -- > _________________________________________________________________ > Brian Ashe CTO > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dee-Web Software Services, LLC. > http://www.dee-web.com/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > You don't have to swim faster than the shark... > You just have to swim faster than the people you're with. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
