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service : command not found in RHEL 5

service:command not found in RHEL 5..please help

You want /etc/init.d/[servicename] command.

For instance for mysql in RHEL 5,

Code:

/etc/init.d/mysqld status

This is for RHEL/Centos6, but should be essentially the same for RHEL5

Code:

which service

/sbin/service



yum provides /sbin/service



initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.centos.x86_64 : The inittab file and the /etc/init.d

                                        : scripts

Repo        : base

Matched from:

Filename    : /sbin/service



initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.centos.x86_64 : The inittab file and the /etc/init.d

                                        : scripts

Repo        : installed

Matched from:

Other      : Provides-match: /sbin/service

In short you need to

Code:

yum install initscripts

Its extremely unusual for it not to be installed already

Maybe an open door, but are you root when trying to run this command? Normal users do not have access to this command.