[CentOS] starting/stopping services

[Les Mikesell]

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Wes James <comptekki at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.

If you are looking for consistency, you are in the wrong place.
Linux distributions inherit random variations from 30+ years of
different unix traditions plus whatever strangeness they each add to
distinguish themselves.  Sometimes different is better, sometimes it
is just different.

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   Les Mikesell
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