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April 30th, 2010 |
Linux ’service’ commandIt seems some Distributions of Linux don't include the 'service' command. Unfortunately, many great Tutorials assume this command is available, and use it for things like stopping and starting Apache, etc.
Luckily, it's a pretty simple script, and something you can easily create yourself. I use the nano text editor here, but feel free to replace 'nano -w' with 'vi' or whatever your preferred text editor is.
# nano -w /usr/sbin/service
In your Text Editor, enter this text:
#!/bin/sh set -e /etc/init.d/$1 $2 $3
Save the file, and then...
# chmod 755 /usr/sbin/service
This makes service an executable file.
Now you'll be able to do things like:
service httpd restart service mysqld stop
easily!