Re: Service started via service(8) fails

In reply to: Ingeborg Hellemo : "Service started via service(8) fails"
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From: Stefan Bethke <stb_at_lassitu.de>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 09:22:56 UTC

Am 27.05.2021 um 10:18 schrieb Ingeborg Hellemo <ingeborg.hellemo@uit.no>:
> 
> FreeBSD 11.4-RELEASE-p3
> 
> What, if any, difference is there between using 'service <something> restart' 
> and /usr/local/etc/rc.d/<something> restart'?
> 
> I have this mindboggling situation where using 'service tac_plus restart' 
> leads to a service that is running but not working properly, whereas 
> '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/tac_plus restart' gives me a working service.

Mostly the environment, plus file descriptors. Also, in some weird cases, the shell you're running the script from will make a difference.

For example, PATH will likely be different between the environment that service(8) creates vs. the one you're running the script from directly.


Stefan

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