This is a bug in the sysvinit-utils package that provides the 'service' command, not in upstart. You can still stop the service by running 'stop myservice' instead of 'service myservice stop'.
** Project changed: upstart => sysvinit (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1658917 Title: Not possible to stop a service after deleting /etc/init/service.conf file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/1658917/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs