• service/daemon is a program run by the system in the background, as opposed to one started and run directly by the user
  • service/daemon manager manages a plethora of services

Service Managers - History

refer to: Systemd - History

Service Managers - Types

Service Managers

Service File Extension

Service File Location(s)

Service Manager Command(s)

SysV

none

/etc/init.d/*

Upstart

.conf

/etc/init/*

Systemd

.service

/etc/systemd/system/*

Launchd (macOS)

.plist

multiple locations