On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>wrote: > > > Am 01.11.2013 20:49, schrieb Wes James: > > > <snip> > > > > Thanks. But why do some commands require service service-name command > > (like sshd) where postfix works without the service command in front of > it? > > you still do not realize the difference between start/stop/restart > and enable/disable a service, they *all* behave identically > > some are enabled by default after install, some are not > __________________________________ > > service *whatever* start > service *whatever* restart > service *whatever* stop > > chkconfig *whatever* on > chkconfig *whatever* off > __________________________________ > > start/stop/restart acts *now* > on/off acts at boot > > please read some basic documentations! > > http://www.linuxmail.info/how-to-start-stop-services-centos-6/ > > https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/s2-services-chkconfig.html > > I do understand that. But why can you do postfix stop/start but not sshd stop/start. With sshd you need to use service sshd stop/start. It seems inconsistent. -wes