Adding check for custom command in redhat service provider and providing more explicit error message if init.d script or custom command is not found.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/provider/service/redhat.rb b/lib/chef/provider/service/redhat.rb
index 33a9778715..dd44e441a8 100644
--- a/lib/chef/provider/service/redhat.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/provider/service/redhat.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ class Chef
           end
 
           requirements.assert(:start, :enable, :reload, :restart) do |a|
-            a.assertion { !@service_missing }
+            a.assertion do
+              custom_command_for_action?(action) || !@service_missing
+            end
             a.failure_message Chef::Exceptions::Service, "#{new_resource}: unable to locate the init.d script!"
             a.whyrun "Assuming service would be disabled. The init script is not presently installed."
           end