[Bug 1658917] Re: Not possible to stop a service after deleting /etc/init/service.conf file

[Nikhil Ranjan]

** Description changed:

  If /etc/init/myservice.conf is deleted while myservice is still running
- then the service cannot be stopped afterwards. service myservice stop
- will say "myservice: unrecognized service". The process associated with
- the service will continue to run and will restarts after killing.
+ then the service cannot be stopped afterwards.
+ 
+ # service myservice stop
+ 
+ will say
+ 
+ "myservice: unrecognized service".
+ 
+ The process associated with the service will continue to run and will
+ restarts after killing.

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Title:
  Not possible to stop a service after deleting /etc/init/service.conf
  file

Status in sysvinit package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  If /etc/init/myservice.conf is deleted while myservice is still
  running then the service cannot be stopped afterwards.

  # service myservice stop

  will say

  "myservice: unrecognized service".

  The process associated with the service will continue to run and will
  restarts after killing.

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