I believe this is an upstart issue, the tools appear to be selecting user tasks rather than system tasks. Try adding --system to your various commands:
sarnold@hunt:~$ initctl --system status ssh ssh start/running, process 1352 sarnold@hunt:~$ initctl status ssh initctl: Unknown job: ssh ** Package changed: openssh (Ubuntu) => upstart (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to upstart in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1367214 Title: Newly installed openssh-server and upstart: status: Unknown job: ssh Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Just after installing openssh-server, there is no ssh service in the initctl's list. Consequently, the SSH server cannot be started: # initctl start ssh initctl: Unknown job: ssh # dpkg -l | grep ssh ii openssh-client 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2 i386 secure shell (SSH) client, for secure access to remote machines ii openssh-server 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2 i386 secure shell (SSH) server, for secure access from remote machines # cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS" # initctl reload-configuration # initctl list | grep ssh ssh-agent start/running # ps axuw | grep ssh ivoras 1578 0.0 0.0 4216 200 ? Ss Sep08 0:00 ssh-agent -s root 11810 0.0 0.0 6168 852 pts/2 S+ 11:26 0:00 grep ssh # initctl start ssh initctl: Unknown job: ssh Running "/etc/init.d/ssh" does not do anything since the script exits, AFAIK in the upstart check. Running "service ssh restart" results in: # service ssh restart stop: Unknown job: ssh start: Unknown job: ssh After rebooting the machine, sshd is started (!), but still not visible in "initctl list" (!!) and running /etc/init.d/ssh still doesn't do anything (!!!), as well as the "service" command returning the same "Unknown job: ssh" error. Exactly the same problem happens with the php5-fpm service. I've also installed nginx and while it can be controlled by using /etc/init.d/nginx , it is not visible in "initctl list". The question is - how do I control the services in Ubuntu 14.04? This is a fresh install, the ssh service was the first service installed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1367214/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
