Am 27.05.2021 um 10:18 schrieb Ingeborg Hellemo <[email protected]>: > > FreeBSD 11.4-RELEASE-p3 > > What, if any, difference is there between using 'service <something> restart' > and /usr/local/etc/rc.d/<something> restart'? > > I have this mindboggling situation where using 'service tac_plus restart' > leads to a service that is running but not working properly, whereas > '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/tac_plus restart' gives me a working service.
Mostly the environment, plus file descriptors. Also, in some weird cases, the shell you're running the script from will make a difference. For example, PATH will likely be different between the environment that service(8) creates vs. the one you're running the script from directly. Stefan -- Stefan Bethke <[email protected]> Fon +49 151 14070811
