On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Ian Firla wrote: [snip] Feeley wrote: > > > > > > You should be stopping and restarting services via /etc/init.d > > > > That's what /sbin/service does. It's an interface to the /etc/init.d > > stuff. > > Not to start a holy war here, but the idea is that with the Linux > Standards Base (http://www.linuxbase.org/) is all about.
Sounds like a prelude to a conflagration! > > I use redhat and debian extensively in various environments, it's nice to > know where things are. I'm afraid that: > > ls /sbin/service on a debian box returns: > > ls: /sbin/service: No such file or directory Sure, but that's on Debian. This is a RedHat mailing list. [snip, good point on LSB] > /sbin/service will like remain a symlink in redhat for some time to come > but it makes sense, if someone is just learning the system, to use the > location that's no accepted as "standard". I take your point. I inferred from your mail that you thought that /sbin/service was some mechanism that was not using the init files and just wanted to point out that it did. Obviously I misunderstood. It's probably a good idea to know both. Cheers, Oisin Feeley _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
