How do interpret the output of 'service --status-all'

Question

The man page of the service command lists the --status-all option so that you can check the status of all running services.

However when I run the command the first column can contain -, ? or + e.g.

[ - ]  postfix
[ + ]  postgresql-8.4
[ ? ]  pppd-dns

Is there some place where I can find out the significance of the first column ? I'm running ubuntu 10.10

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 14 '11 at 13:07

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[?] means the service status isn't known (the init file does not output a status)
[+] means the service is running
[-] means the service is not running

There is probably an authoritative source, but I got it from looking at the /usr/sbin/service script.

answered Dec 14 '11 at 13:07

Paul

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thanks, I didn't realise it was just a shell script – Philip Clarke Dec 15 '11 at 16:24

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