# Service statement bug in recipe when running on SuSe..?

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/service-statement-bug-in-recipe-when-running-on-suse/2036>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [September 15, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/service-statement-bug-in-recipe-when-running-on-suse/2036 "2011-09-15T20:32:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Van\_Fossan\_Randy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8797f3/32.png) [@Van\_Fossan\_Randy](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Van_Fossan_Randy)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/service-statement-bug-in-recipe-when-running-on-suse/2036/1 "2011-09-15T20:32:42Z")

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Before I file a bug report, I wanted to see if anyone else has seen this  
problem.

Essentially, I cannot get a recipe to start or restart the chef-client  
service on SuSe.

See -\> [http://pastie.org/2539373](http://pastie.org/2539373)

Here is the recipe… It works on CentOS and not SuSe

# 

# Cookbook Name:: ravchef

# Recipe:: default

# 

service “chef-client” do

service\_name node[:ravchef][:service]

action [:enable, :start]

end

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**Author:** ![Allan\_Wind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@Allan\_Wind](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Allan_Wind)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/service-statement-bug-in-recipe-when-running-on-suse/2036/2 "2011-09-15T21:42:54Z")

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On 2011-09-15 16:32:42, Van Fossan,Randy wrote:

> service "chef-client" do
> 
> service\_name node[:ravchef][:service]
> 
> action [:enable, :start]
> 
> end

Looks right to me. Do you have a /etc/init.d/chef-client? What  
happens when you start chef-client manually?

## /Allan

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