httpd and dovecot service start fails

[Jeff Kinz]

On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 05:41:55PM -0500, mylar wrote:
> Whats  up with this ?? Are the control scripts now located in
> "/sbin/service" and no longer in "/etc/rc.d/init.d" ??

Look at it: /sbin/service is just a script that runs the scripts
in "/etc/rc.d/init.d".

Nothings been moved, just another level of indirection (a layer)
and some nicer semi-englishized vocabulary

To shorten the typing even more you can add this script to your system:

######### CUT HERE #####################
#!/bin/bash

if [ "x$DEBUG" = "xT" ] ; then
	set -vx
fi

name=`basename $0`
action=${name#s}

if  [ $# -ne 1 ] ; then
	echo "${action}s the named service"
	echo "Usage: $name <service name>"
	exit
fi
/sbin/service $1 $action
######### CUT HERE #####################

Make symbolic links to it named: sstatus, sstop, srestart and sstart

Then just say "sstart <service name>" or "sstop <service name>" etc..

Example: sstart sendmail  = "service sendmail stop"

Does is save a lot of typing? No, but it was a fun way to demonstrate
Bash shell variable munging




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