Comments on: Service command in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) server

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:36:23 +0000

The service commands make things simpler imo. The service command offers tab completion as well. It saves keystrokes compared to the ‘traditional’ way but thats just my 2 cents.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:21:34 +0000

System->Administration->Services can set the state of services (i.e. whether or not to start them).

There’s no GUI tool I know of to bounce them (other than Konsole

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:14:01 +0000

Does Ubuntu provide a GUI tool that does the same?

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:13:34 +0000

As Thomas has said /etc/init.d does the same thing…what is the point of using the service command, what benefits can it provide? Does it bypass the need for init.d scripts?

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:01:20 +0000

there is also “sudo invoke-rc.d start/stop/restart, also with tab completions

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:39:22 +0000

AFAIK

sudo /etc/init.d/ [start|stop|restart|status|???]

does the same thing, and comes with tab-completion in case you forget the name of the service (or you’re too lazy to type it).

By: Arky

Arky — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:19:29 +0000

Ah! I see the good ol’ service command is finally in debian