You are looking for the traditional init scripts in /etc/rc.d/init.d, and they are gone? Here's an explanation on what's going on: You are running a systemd-based OS where traditional init scripts have been replaced by native systemd services files. Service files provide very similar functionality to init scripts. To make use of service files simply invoke "systemctl", which will output a list of all currently running services (and other units). Use "systemctl list-unit-files" to get a listing of all known unit files, including stopped, disabled and masked ones. Use "systemctl start foobar.service" and "systemctl stop foobar.service" to start or stop a service, respectively. For further details, please refer to systemctl(1). Note that traditional init scripts continue to function on a systemd system. An init script /etc/rc.d/init.d/foobar is implicitly mapped into a service unit foobar.service during system initialization. Thank you! Further reading: man:systemctl(1) man:systemd(1) http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-3.html https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Incompatibilities