Comments on: Using the ‘service’ command on Ubuntu (and other handy tools) http://www.lauracowen.co.uk/blog/2008/02/13/using-the-service-command-on-ubuntu-and-other-handy-tools/ Life, technology, research, and miscellany Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:42:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: les skelhorn http://www.lauracowen.co.uk/blog/2008/02/13/using-the-service-command-on-ubuntu-and-other-handy-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-35559 les skelhorn Mon, 10 May 2010 09:20:09 +0000 http://www.lauracowen.co.uk/blog/2008/02/13/using-the-service-command-on-ubuntu-and-other-handy-tools/#comment-35559 laura would you know howto get the damn thing start in root i,m running super ubuntu 9.10 nb in debian with forth but can not run @ startup? ty laura would you know howto get the damn thing start in root i,m running super ubuntu 9.10 nb in debian with forth but can not run @ startup? ty

]]> By: les skelhorn http://www.lauracowen.co.uk/blog/2008/02/13/using-the-service-command-on-ubuntu-and-other-handy-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-35558 les skelhorn Mon, 10 May 2010 09:16:23 +0000 http://www.lauracowen.co.uk/blog/2008/02/13/using-the-service-command-on-ubuntu-and-other-handy-tools/#comment-35558 if i,m right you,ll find vmware in the syn package man., be carefull what you del., and let me know how you suceed? you pages are very interesting,by for now if i,m right you,ll find vmware in the syn package man., be carefull what you del., and let me know how you suceed? you pages are very interesting,by for now

]]> By: Dmitriy Kropivnitskiy http://www.lauracowen.co.uk/blog/2008/02/13/using-the-service-command-on-ubuntu-and-other-handy-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-11874 Dmitriy Kropivnitskiy Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:27:54 +0000 http://www.lauracowen.co.uk/blog/2008/02/13/using-the-service-command-on-ubuntu-and-other-handy-tools/#comment-11874 Well, to stop service from starting on boot you can always go the old fashioned way and delete symlinks in /etc/rc[123456].d directories. The SySV startup relies on symlinks with names starting with S and 2 numbers. Say, if you have a symlink /etc/rc3.d/S99vmware it means that vmware will be started on runlevel 3 after all the other services started (priority 99). There will also be K99vmware links meaning that at these runlevels vmware should be stopped. Just find and delete these and it will not bother you again. Also Debian derivatives should have a update-rc.d script that works more or less like chkconfig command. Obviously service command is just a shortcut, what you need to do is /etc/init.d/vmware stop|start|restart. Well, to stop service from starting on boot you can always go the old fashioned way and delete symlinks in /etc/rc[123456].d directories. The SySV startup relies on symlinks with names starting with S and 2 numbers. Say, if you have a symlink /etc/rc3.d/S99vmware it means that vmware will be started on runlevel 3 after all the other services started (priority 99). There will also be K99vmware links meaning that at these runlevels vmware should be stopped. Just find and delete these and it will not bother you again. Also Debian derivatives should have a update-rc.d script that works more or less like chkconfig command. Obviously service command is just a shortcut, what you need to do is /etc/init.d/vmware stop|start|restart.

]]> By: Alin http://www.lauracowen.co.uk/blog/2008/02/13/using-the-service-command-on-ubuntu-and-other-handy-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-11865 Alin Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:41:57 +0000 http://www.lauracowen.co.uk/blog/2008/02/13/using-the-service-command-on-ubuntu-and-other-handy-tools/#comment-11865 man update-rc.d, may be more that you want ;) man update-rc.d, may be more that you want ;)

]]> By: Andy Piper http://www.lauracowen.co.uk/blog/2008/02/13/using-the-service-command-on-ubuntu-and-other-handy-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-11814 Andy Piper Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:56:50 +0000 http://www.lauracowen.co.uk/blog/2008/02/13/using-the-service-command-on-ubuntu-and-other-handy-tools/#comment-11814 You kids and your newfangled shortcut commands. What the heck is wrong with /etc/rc.d/syslog restart? You should try being sysadmin for a bunch of obsolete SLES 8 boxes. Now <em>there's</em> having a good time. *grumble, grumble* You kids and your newfangled shortcut commands. What the heck is wrong with /etc/rc.d/syslog restart? You should try being sysadmin for a bunch of obsolete SLES 8 boxes. Now there’s having a good time.

*grumble, grumble*

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