[CentOS] starting/stopping services

[Wes James]

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>wrote:

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> Am 01.11.2013 20:49, schrieb Wes James:
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> > Thanks.  But why do some commands require service service-name command
> > (like sshd) where postfix works without the service command in front of
> it?
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> you still do not realize the difference between start/stop/restart
> and enable/disable a service, they *all* behave identically
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> some are enabled by default after install, some are not
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> service *whatever* start
> service *whatever* restart
> service *whatever* stop
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> chkconfig *whatever* on
> chkconfig *whatever* off
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> start/stop/restart acts *now*
> on/off acts at boot
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> please read some basic documentations!
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> http://www.linuxmail.info/how-to-start-stop-services-centos-6/
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> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/s2-services-chkconfig.html
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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