hello
I had just started using linux, and im using a CentOS6.6. Pls tell me how different is “/etc/init.d/iptables start” from “service iptables start”?
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Hello,
The manual page for
service
(runman service
) says the following:service iptables start
removes some of the environment variables, sets the current working directory to/
and then runs/etc/init.d/iptables start
, so both commands accomplish the same thing in the end.