# rpm -q initscripts initscripts-5.46-1 # /sbin/service smb testing Usage: /etc/init.d/smb {start|stop|restart|status|condrestart} # /sbin/service mysqld testing Usage: /etc/init.d/mysqld {start|stop|status|reload|condrestart|restart} # I think that, for consistency reasons, it should say Usage: /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb .... Usage: /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld .... that is, it should use the real file names and not the symlinks.
Both paths are vaild on a pinstripe and later system, so we probably won't change this.