Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> writes: > On 09/05/14 16:19, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> A long time ago, when I was young ;-), services used to be managed with >> "invoke-rc.d" & "update-rc.d" on Debian. >> >> Know playing with several distributions, some use "service", "sysctl", >> "systemctl", and some of them are mentionned for managing services in >> Debian. >> >> Typically, on a Debian when I "a2ensite", there is a message indicating >> to "service apache2 reload" in order to fullfill the new VirtualHost >> consideration. >> >> I would like to stick with the "native" tools for each distribution I >> manage: On Wheezy what is the right one? What is wrapping what? > > Good question to which I'd like to know a definitive answer. > > Where the service exists in `ls /etc/init.d` I control > (start/stop/restart/status whatever the service allows) it from there. >
Using the service command is better than running scripts from /etc/init.d because the service command will create a predictable environment (clear environment variables, change working directory to /, etc.). Running scripts from /etc/init.d directly results in your user environment variables leaking into daemons' environments, which can result in hard-to-diagnose problems. Also, the service command will be setup to automatically redirect to any init-system-specific commands, so it will continue to work as it is even if you move to a different init system. -- regards, kushal
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