4 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
index 61904b6f..9c9ac384 100644
--- a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Distro(object):
     ci_sudoers_fn = "/etc/sudoers.d/90-cloud-init-users"
     hostname_conf_fn = "/etc/hostname"
     tz_zone_dir = "/usr/share/zoneinfo"
-    init_cmd = []  # Not implemented
+    init_cmd = ['service']  # systemctl, service etc
 
     def __init__(self, name, cfg, paths):
         self._paths = paths
diff --git a/cloudinit/distros/debian.py b/cloudinit/distros/debian.py
index 3b912728..1ae232fd 100644
--- a/cloudinit/distros/debian.py
+++ b/cloudinit/distros/debian.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ class Distro(distros.Distro):
     network_conf_fn = "/etc/network/interfaces"
     tz_conf_fn = "/etc/timezone"
     tz_local_fn = "/etc/localtime"
-    init_cmd = ['service']
 
     def __init__(self, name, cfg, paths):
         distros.Distro.__init__(self, name, cfg, paths)
diff --git a/cloudinit/distros/gentoo.py b/cloudinit/distros/gentoo.py
index ede40bff..565c68ed 100644
--- a/cloudinit/distros/gentoo.py
+++ b/cloudinit/distros/gentoo.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class Distro(distros.Distro):
     network_conf_fn = "/etc/conf.d/net"
     tz_conf_fn = "/etc/timezone"
     tz_local_fn = "/etc/localtime"
+    init_cmd = ['']
 
     def __init__(self, name, cfg, paths):
         distros.Distro.__init__(self, name, cfg, paths)
diff --git a/cloudinit/distros/rhel.py b/cloudinit/distros/rhel.py
index 7cc7a813..30195384 100644
--- a/cloudinit/distros/rhel.py
+++ b/cloudinit/distros/rhel.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ class Distro(distros.Distro):
     network_script_tpl = '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-%s'
     resolve_conf_fn = "/etc/resolv.conf"
     tz_local_fn = "/etc/localtime"
-    init_cmd = ['service']
 
     def __init__(self, name, cfg, paths):
         distros.Distro.__init__(self, name, cfg, paths)