The reason is that I am using an ssh-based deployment tool called Ansible (http://ansible.github.com/) that does this.
Here's the Ansible code that checks the service status: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/library/service#L76 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1023389 Title: "service nginx status" is confusing when nginx is not running To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/+bug/1023389/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
