service: command not found

aap · 01-06-2006, 08:53 AM

I need help here

Im trying to get my ftp server working (vsftpd) but when I type:

service vsftpd start

my terminal says:

-bash: service: command not found

I have tried this as 'su' and 'su -'. both didn't work.

Im using SUSE 10.0, can somebody help me?

pixellany · 01-06-2006, 09:09 AM

where is the "service" command? Is it in a directory listed in $PATH?
If not, you either need to change PATH, or you can access the command by typing:
/dir/dir/..../service as an absolute pathname---or as the relative pathname from where you are.

example: suppose service is in /usr/local/ftp
you would run it by typing /usr/local/ftp/service
OR
cd /usr/local/ftp
./service

"./" means run command here (ie dont check PATH)

reddazz · 01-06-2006, 09:16 AM

Suse does not use the "service" command. The only rpm based distros that use that command are Redhat/Fedora derivatives and Mandriva. Try doing,

Code:

#/etc/init.d/vsftpd start

marozsas · 01-06-2006, 09:45 AM

In the SuSEs, there is a shortcut (a symbolic link to) every program at /etc/init.d. For example, for /etc/init.d/vsftpd there is a command rcvsftpd.

So, you type "rcvsftpd start".

regards,

aap · 01-06-2006, 10:08 AM

Heh, thanks for solving my mysql problem

But I still have problems with VSFTPD...

there is no file that is called VSFTPD or looks like it...

I installed it by a .rpm from de SUSE CD.

What now?

stickman · 01-06-2006, 01:47 PM

Look in your /etc/init.d directory for any FTP startup scripts.

aap · 01-06-2006, 04:29 PM

This is what is in that folder... I don't see any FTP script...

Code:

-rwxr--r--  1 root root  5611 2005-09-09 17:59 acpid
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4882 2005-09-12 23:09 alsasound
-rwxr--r--  1 root root  8454 2005-09-09 20:39 apache2
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3689 2005-09-09 20:46 atd
-rwxr--r--  1 root root  8992 2005-09-09 20:52 autofs
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2961 2005-04-18 11:47 autoyast
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  6639 2005-05-19 17:16 boot
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2823 2005-08-15 17:38 boot.cleanup
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2634 2005-01-20 14:01 boot.clock
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3690 2005-09-06 17:51 boot.coldplug
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  6560 2005-08-16 12:41 boot.crypto
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  1808 2005-12-19 12:23 boot.d
-rwxr--r--  1 root root   861 2005-09-09 18:06 boot.device-mapper
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2638 2005-08-18 13:17 boot.idedma
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3346 2004-09-08 16:57 boot.ipconfig
-rwxr--r--  1 root root   758 2005-09-09 18:16 boot.isapnp
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1558 2005-08-18 13:17 boot.klog
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1556 2005-01-20 14:44 boot.ldconfig
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   942 2005-02-28 16:31 boot.loadmodules
-rwxr--r--  1 root root   395 2005-12-19 11:42 boot.local
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  6575 2005-09-06 18:16 boot.localfs
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1401 2005-01-14 15:40 boot.localnet
-rwxr--r--  1 root root  1973 2005-09-09 18:29 boot.md
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   790 2005-09-09 18:14 boot.preload
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   785 2005-09-09 18:14 boot.preload_early
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1497 2005-08-18 12:02 boot.proc
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   954 2005-09-09 18:37 boot.restore_permissions
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  5458 2005-06-17 14:04 boot.rootfsck
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1973 2004-09-20 10:52 boot.sched
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1458 2005-09-13 03:12 boot.scpm
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1267 2005-09-13 01:59 boot.scsidev
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1233 2005-05-18 16:29 boot.shm
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2586 2005-09-09 11:59 boot.subdomain
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2039 2004-09-23 16:01 boot.swap
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1047 2005-09-09 18:06 boot.sysctl
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3251 2005-09-06 17:51 boot.udev
-rwxr--r--  1 root root  4255 2005-09-09 18:30 cron
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4734 2005-09-12 23:08 cups
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3079 2005-09-12 23:08 cupsrenice
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2855 2005-09-13 03:28 dbus
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4952 2005-09-09 18:42 dvb
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   738 2005-09-09 18:06 earlykbd
-rwxr--r--  1 root root  2625 2005-09-14 13:20 earlykdm
-rwxr-xr--  1 root root  1476 2005-09-09 18:02 earlysyslog
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  6630 2005-09-12 23:21 esound
-rwxr--r--  1 root root  1807 2005-09-09 17:59 fam
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  5402 2005-09-09 17:58 fbset
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4215 2005-09-09 17:59 gpm
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3444 2005-09-09 20:41 gssd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3923 2005-09-13 03:47 haldaemon
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3623 2005-01-26 16:22 halt
-rwxr--r--  1 root root   360 2005-12-19 11:42 halt.local
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3341 2005-09-13 06:23 hplip
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3787 2005-09-09 20:41 idmapd
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    72 2006-01-04 17:49 init.d
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  5708 2005-08-01 14:25 isdn
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2865 2005-09-12 23:09 joystick
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 12761 2005-09-09 18:06 kbd
-rwxr--r--  1 root root  1987 2005-09-14 13:20 ksysguardd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  7005 2005-09-13 01:44 lirc
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2902 2005-09-13 03:33 lm_sensors
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   482 2004-08-25 16:20 Makefile
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3865 2005-09-09 18:04 mdadmd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1465 2005-09-09 17:59 mdnsd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   835 2005-09-09 18:08 microcode
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  7422 2005-09-09 19:24 mysql
-rwxr-xr--  1 root root  9283 2005-09-09 20:46 named
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3861 2005-09-13 04:42 ncpd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 19922 2005-09-09 18:15 network
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2852 2005-01-20 14:44 nfs
-rwx------  1 root root  1101 2005-09-13 15:03 nfsboot
-rwxr--r--  1 root root  4446 2005-09-09 20:41 nfsserver
-rwxr-xr--  1 root root  2338 2005-07-20 12:43 nmb
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3199 2005-09-09 16:39 nscd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  5884 2005-09-09 19:17 ntp
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root root  1904 2005-09-13 03:56 openct
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root root  1356 2005-09-13 02:31 pcscd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3963 2005-09-13 04:42 plpnfsd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3854 2005-09-13 04:42 plpprintd
-rwxr--r--  1 root root  3607 2005-09-09 18:08 portmap
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  5282 2005-09-09 20:33 postfix
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2390 2003-09-01 13:11 powerfail
-rwxr--r--  1 root root  9343 2005-09-14 12:01 powersaved
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1730 2003-09-01 13:11 random
-rwxr--r--  1 root root  1293 2005-09-13 15:03 raw
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  9408 2005-05-18 12:40 rc
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    72 2006-01-06 15:34 rc0.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   312 2005-12-19 11:44 rc1.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   984 2006-01-06 15:34 rc2.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  1768 2006-01-06 18:47 rc3.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   128 2005-12-19 12:23 rc4.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  2072 2006-01-06 18:47 rc5.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    80 2005-12-19 11:42 rc6.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   200 2005-12-19 11:44 rcS.d
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  7827 2005-09-09 18:10 README
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     4 2005-12-19 11:42 reboot -> halt
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3808 2005-09-09 18:27 resmgr
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3697 2005-09-09 20:29 rpasswdd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2486 2005-09-09 17:10 rpmconfigcheck
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3756 2005-09-13 02:40 rsyncd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2606 2005-11-29 21:39 running-kernel
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  5362 2005-09-13 04:23 sane-dev
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4003 2005-09-09 20:33 saslauthd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4984 2005-08-02 15:33 sesam
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  9575 2005-09-09 18:04 setserial
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1180 2003-09-01 13:11 single
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 10522 2005-08-23 06:56 skeleton
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1411 2005-09-09 19:11 slpd
-rwxr-xr--  1 root root  2317 2005-07-20 12:43 smb
-rwxr-xr--  1 root root  5163 2005-07-20 12:43 smbfs
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3702 2005-09-09 21:43 smpppd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3605 2005-09-09 19:18 snmpd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3042 2005-09-09 18:46 splash
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   490 2005-09-09 18:46 splash_early
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3679 2003-03-18 14:15 sshd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1287 2005-09-09 18:19 SuSEfirewall2_init
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1696 2005-09-09 18:19 SuSEfirewall2_setup
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3462 2005-09-09 20:41 svcgssd
-rwxr-xr--  1 root root  5474 2005-05-01 21:11 svnserve
-rwxr-xr--  1 root root  3627 2005-09-09 18:02 syslog
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4810 2005-09-09 19:03 vdr
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4450 2005-09-05 12:15 xdm
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2098 2005-10-07 18:11 xfs
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4002 2005-09-09 18:25 xinetd
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  4947 2005-09-09 19:34 ypbind

stickman · 01-06-2006, 08:13 PM

It might be launched via xinetd. Check /etc/xinetd.conf and the included directory. Also check the output of "chkconfig --list".

reddazz · 01-06-2006, 08:15 PM

Also search on the Novell Cool solutions site. I am sure I read an article on that site about setting up vsftpd.