How to make a shortcut for the command kerio-kvc start, stop and restart commands?

Question

Every time I want t use this software I have to type /etc/init.d/kerio-kvc {start|stop|restart} in terminal. How can I define a shortcut command in terminal to do that?

Answer 1

Although the above works, you will need to write 3 aliases.

Instead I suggest you use a function (assuming sudo is needed)

function kerio ()
    {
    case "$1" in
        start) sudo /etc/init.d/kerio-kvc start ;;
        stop) sudo /etc/init.d/kerio-kvc stop ;;
        restart) sudo /etc/init.d/kerio-kvc restart ;;
        *) echo 'usage kerio {start|stop|restart}' ;;
    esac
    }

Answer 2

Open the bashrc file on your /home

nano ~/.bashrc

Then create an alias for what you want, on the end of the file. Like:

alias startkerio='/etc/init.d/kerio-kvc start'

Oh, and to be possible to use your new command without relogging or rebooting do this:

source ~/.bashrc

Answer 3

You most likely should create a script that do that for you. Create a file somewhere in /usr/sbin, lets call it script (you can change it) then, edit it and include the following:

 #!/bin/bash
 /etc/init.d/kerio-kvc "$@"

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WARNING:

For this method I'm going to use the SETUID, which is extremally dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. That said continue.

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Now, lets set some nasty things like setting up our permissions of read and execution:

sudo chown root:root /usr/sbin/script
sudo chmod a-w /usr/sbin/script
sudo chmod a+x /usr/sbin/script
sudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/script

Done. Now run script {start|stop|restart} anywhere and there it's.