Friends. As I know, all the services in the linux are in /etc/init.d
To start any service, we can do /etc/init.d/<servie name> start But, in recent days, it seems like ubuntu is changing this. see the results here. starting apache: shriniva...@shrinivasan-laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start [sudo] password for shrinivasan: * Starting web server apache2 httpd (pid 3529) already running starting mysql : shriniva...@shrinivasan-laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8) utility, e.g. service mysql start Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart job, you may also use the start(8) utility, e.g. start mysql shriniva...@shrinivasan-laptop:~$ sudo start mysql start: Job is already running: mysql Why is there a different in starting apahe and mysql in the same machine? -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free/Open Source Jobs : http://fossjobs.in _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
