NAME
service —
control (start/stop/etc.) or list
system services
SYNOPSIS
service |
[-j jail]
-e |
service |
[-j jail]
-R |
service |
[-j jail]
[-v] -l |
service |
[-j jail]
[-v] -r |
service |
[-j jail]
[-v] script
command |
DESCRIPTION
Theservice command is an easy interface to the rc.d
system. Its primary purpose is to start and stop services provided by the rc.d
scripts. When used for this purpose it will set the same restricted
environment that is in use at boot time (see
ENVIRONMENT). It can also be used to
list the scripts using various criteria.
The options are as follows:
-e- List services that are enabled. The list of scripts to check is compiled using rcorder(8) the same way that it is done in rc(8), then that list of scripts is checked for an "rcvar" assignment. If present the script is checked to see if it is enabled.
-jjail- Perform the given actions under the named jail. The jail argument can be either a jail ID or a jail name.
-l- List all files in /etc/rc.d and the local startup directories. As described in rc.conf(5) this is usually /usr/local/etc/rc.d. All files will be listed whether they are an actual rc.d script or not.
-r- Generate the
rcorder(8) as in
-eabove, but list all of the files, not just what is enabled. -R- Restart all enabled local services.
-v- Be slightly more verbose.
ENVIRONMENT
When used to run rc.d scripts the service
command sets HOME to / and
PATH to
/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin which is how they are
set in /etc/rc at boot time.
EXIT STATUS
The service utility exits 0 on
success, and >0 if an error occurs.
EXAMPLES
The following are examples of typical usage of the
service command:
service named status service -j dns named status service -rv
The following programmable completion entry can be use in bash(1) for the names of the rc.d scripts:
_service () {
local cur
cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '$( service -l )' -- $cur ) )
return 0
}
complete -F _service service
SEE ALSO
bash(1) (ports/shells/bash), rc.conf(5), rc(8), rcorder(8)
HISTORY
The service utility first appeared in
FreeBSD 7.3.
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Douglas Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>.