#!/bin/bash
# service_manager.sh - Start/stop/restart and manage system services
#
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# Usage: service_manager.sh
# Actions: start, stop, restart, status, enable, disable, list
# Description: Uses systemctl or service to control services.
#
# status and list are read-only; everything else changes system state
# and needs root.
set -euo pipefail
action="${1:-}"
service="${2:-}"
# Validate up front so an unknown action cannot reach systemctl as a
# bare word, and so the privilege check below has something to gate on.
case "$action" in
start|stop|restart|status|enable|disable|list) ;;
"") echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status|enable|disable|list} " >&2; exit 1 ;;
*) echo "Invalid action '$action'. Use start, stop, restart, status, enable, disable, or list." >&2; exit 1 ;;
esac
case "$action" in
start|stop|restart|enable|disable)
if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
echo "'$action' changes system state and requires root. Re-run with sudo." >&2
exit 1
fi
;;
esac
if [ "$action" = "list" ]; then
# List running services
if command -v systemctl &> /dev/null; then
systemctl list-units --type=service --state=running
elif command -v service &> /dev/null; then
service --status-all 2>&1 | grep '+' # shows running services with [+]
else
echo "No service management tool available."
fi
exit 0
fi
if [ -z "$action" ] || [ -z "$service" ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status|enable|disable|list} "
exit 1
fi
if command -v systemctl &> /dev/null; then
case "$action" in
start|stop|restart|status|enable|disable)
# Quoted: $action is validated above, but leaving it bare invites
# word-splitting the moment anyone passes it through a variable.
systemctl "$action" "$service"
;;
esac
elif command -v service &> /dev/null; then
case "$action" in
start|stop|restart)
service "$service" "$action"
;;
status)
service "$service" status
;;
*)
echo "Action '$action' not supported with legacy service command."
exit 1
;;
esac
else
echo "No known service manager found (systemctl/service)."
exit 1
fi