Re: Service started via service(8) fails

Reply: Patrick M. Hausen: "Re: Service started via service(8) fails"
In reply to: Ingeborg Hellemo : "Service started via service(8) fails"
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From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen_at_grosbein.net>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 09:56:12 UTC

27.05.2021 15:18, Ingeborg Hellemo wrote:

> 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.

The "service" command resets the environment  but direct script invocation inherits the environment.
Such problem often is a sign of wrong startup script or configuration of the service
that makes incorrect assumption about PATH and/or locale settings.
It may fail to find some commands because it does not set PATH to include /usr/local/... directories
or fail due to incorrect locale assumptions or even TZ (time zone) settings.