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service(8)                                     System Manager's Manual                                     service(8)



NAME
       service - run a System V init script


SYNOPSIS
       service SCRIPT COMMAND [OPTIONS]

       service --status-all

       service --help | -h | --version


DESCRIPTION
       service runs a System V init script in as predictable environment as possible, removing most environment vari‐
       ables and with current working directory set to /.

       The SCRIPT parameter specifies a System V init script, located in /etc/init.d/SCRIPT.  The supported values of
       COMMAND  depend  on  the  invoked script, service passes COMMAND and OPTIONS it to the init script unmodified.
       All scripts should support at least the start and stop commands.  As a special case,  if  COMMAND  is  --full-
       restart, the script is run twice, first with the stop command, then with the start command.

       service --status-all runs all init scripts, in alphabetical order, with the status command.

       If  the  init  script  file  does  not exist, the script tries to use legacy actions.  If there is no suitable
       legacy action found and COMMAND is one of actions specified in LSB Core Specification, input is redirected  to
       the systemctl.  Otherwise the command fails with return code 2.


FILES
       /etc/init.d
              The directory containing System V init scripts.


ENVIRONMENT
       LANG, TERM
              The only environment variables passed to the init scripts.


SEE ALSO
       chkconfig(8), ntsysv(8), systemd(1), systemctl(8), systemd.service(5)



                                                       Jan 2006                                            service(8)