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Difference between Service and Systemctl

systemctl command which is mostly used to enable services to start at boot time.

systemctl enable service_name, and the service will automatically start at boot time.

What is the use of service start service_name

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Navin a.s Avatar asked Feb 11 '26 20:02

Navin a.s


1 Answers

Both commands are used to up and down services in GNU/Linux.

But, service command is using by sysvinit, and systemctl is using by systemd.

In systemd, service command exists yet, but only to legacy compatibility with old sysvinit scripts

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AlmuHS Avatar answered Feb 15 '26 15:02

AlmuHS



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