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daniels
Asked: 2009-06-25 07:40:15 +0800 CST

What is the equivalent for "service servicename start" that Fedora/RHEL/CentOS uses for Debian/Ubuntu?

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What is the equivalent for "service servicename start" that Fedora/RHEL/CentOS uses for Debian/Ubuntu?
I've just read on some question here on serverfoault that using /etc/init.d/service is obsolete, so what's the correct way on Debian?

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  1. Best Answer

    I don't know about the "correct" way, but I always use invoke-rc.d, so e.g. to restart MySQL:

    sudo invoke-rc.d mysql restart
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  2. You can always just invoke the startup scripts directly (e.g., /etc/init.d/foo restart). This works on RedHat variants as well, although the path is slightly different there (/etc/rc.d/init.d, although I believe /etc/init.d is a symlink to it as well).

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  3. all most every distro has /etc/init.d/service ********** {start|restart|reload|stop}

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  4. The same service <servicename> start works for me in Ubuntu 9.04. It is in the sysvinit-utils package.

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  5. Using /etc/init.d/foo on RedHat can cause problem if selinux is activated because the script should not set up the context correctly. The service command always works on selinux enabled RHEL.

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  6. I suggest that you read about Upstart:

    http://upstart.ubuntu.com/

    http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/125977

    http://www.netsplit.com/category/tech/upstart/

    It is used on:

    • Ubuntu 6.10 and later
    • Fedora 9 and later
    • Debian (as an option)
    • Nokia's Maemo platform
    • Palm's WebOS
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  7. Yep, that's what I use too. /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d is the way to go.

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  8. Whatever about on Redhat systems, /etc/init.d/service is still the norm on debian derivatives.

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