service service_name start
When i tried running this from cmd line, it works. But when i try to schedule it via cron, i get an error saying
/bin/sh: service: command not found
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sbin is not in the path when run via cron. Specify the full path to service. This is probably either /sbin/service or /usr/sbin/service. You can find the path on your system by running which service.
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3Splendid! This started happening when I updated Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to 16.04 LTS. – Adambean May 13 '16 at 08:43
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8while trying to up-vote this message it looks like I already voted it 5 years ago :) – adrianTNT Mar 31 '17 at 13:39