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. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com