What's the difference??

[SRT]

I'm quite new to linux and i notice that for the same application(iptables)...the commands are quite different in ubuntu and fedora.....so what's the difference here???
(FOR e.g service iptables start doesn't do anything in ubuntu)

THanks
SRT

[protocentux]

Actually, the difference has to do with the way the services/daemons are started and not with the application/service itself, because the 'service' command is a script that points to the /etc/init.d/ directory that contains a number of start/stop scripts for various services.
i.e. The commands below do the same function:

/etc/init.d/iptables start
service iptables start

I find the service command easier to use as it's shorter , but it's not available in all the distros. Anyway you can just create it in the /sbin directory.

You might want to check the following howto, that mentions about it:
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/w...x_Boot_Process

Once you understand this process you can also search about the 'SysV-style' and 'BSD-style' init..

Have fun and good luck!

[SRT]

Thanks!!

Srt