Restart systemctl*daemon

cjosephl · 11-11-2017, 01:20 AM

Hi all,

I'm running CentOS 6.8. I'm trying to run this command sudo systemctl daemon-reload but my system doesn't know systemctl.

Can you help me restart daemon in another way?

Thank you,
CJ

syg00 · 11-11-2017, 01:59 AM

You need to make sure you are reading the appropriate documentation - systemd, which provides systemctl, wasn't introduced until CentOS 7.
The CentOS website should have pointers to the equivalent RHEL documentation - which is excellent.

MadeInGermany · 11-11-2017, 02:56 AM

Use the service command

Code:

service status ...
service reload ...

Not all services take reload, then do a restart (or stop and start)

Code:

service restart ...

The service command is the common frontend in Linux, it translates to SysV, systemd, upstart, ...

syg00 · 11-11-2017, 03:31 AM

Maybe not for native systemd services. I get the following on Fedora.

Code:

service status NetworkManager
The service command supports only basic LSB actions (start, stop, restart, try-restart, reload, force-reload, status). For other actions, please try to use systemctl.

Been years since I used service command.

AwesomeMachine · 11-11-2017, 01:33 PM

Service doesn't have the status command. The service command will only run one of the cases in the init scripts. Most scripts have start, stop, restart.

michaelk · 11-11-2017, 01:56 PM

The syntax for the service command is opposite of systemctl i.e.

Code:

service daemon_name restart

As stated the invoked parameters (i.e. start stop etc) depend on the actual init script.

MadeInGermany · 11-11-2017, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelk

The syntax for the service command is opposite of systemctl i.e.

Code:

service daemon_name restart

As stated the invoked parameters (i.e. start stop etc) depend on the actual init script.

Of course! I put the order wrongly

syg00 · 11-11-2017, 04:53 PM

D'oh - like I said, been a while.
And yes,it does work. My apologies.