Why service restart fails with :-restart: Unknown instance:

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root@user-desktop:/etc# sudo /usr/sbin/service vsftpd restart    
restart: Unknown instance:

Oli · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-24 13:00:57Z

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A typical restart job will attempt to kill an old instance first. What is happening here is that there isn't an old copy to kill.

answered Sep 24, 2013 at 13:00

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So just /usr/sbin/service vsftpd start should do it
– qneill
Jan 16, 2018 at 17:18

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Mitesh Shah · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-24 13:44:05Z

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Try this sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart

answered Sep 24, 2013 at 13:44

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This isn't any more useful than using the full path to the 'service' script.
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Dec 1, 2015 at 15:41

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