I wrote a very quick & dirty script cat /sbin/service #!/bin/sh /etc/init.d/$1 $2
now I can service samba stop|start etc the problem is remebering service names (is it samba? or smb? or smbd? - redhat calls it smb, gentoo calls it samba) On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 08:48:17 -0500 Phil Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 18 February 2003 8:39 am, brett holcomb wrote: > > > What are you trying to do?? Any distro will tell you a > > service is started if it's already running. You do a > > /etc/init.d/service restart if you want to restart it. > > This is equivalent of a stop then a start. Gentoo's init > > service is the same as all the others - the directories > > may be different but they all do /etc/somedir/servicename > > start/stop/restart/... . > > What I miss in Gentoo is the simple format for services like found in Redhat > and many others, ie: > > service servicename stop/start/restart > > It eliminates needing to know where the service directory is or including it > every time. > > service httpd stop > > is a lot easier than any other incarnation and make any system easier to > admin. > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
