You have been subscribed to a public bug: If /etc/init/myservice.conf is deleted while myservice is still running then the service cannot be stopped afterwards. service myservice stop will say "myservice: unrecognized service". The process associated with the service will continue to run and will restarts after killing.
** Affects: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Importance: Low Status: Triaged -- Not possible to stop a service after deleting /etc/init/service.conf file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1658917 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to sysvinit in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp