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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:22:47 -0700
From: Joseph Maxwell <jemaxwell@jaymax.com>
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Subject: Restarting init without rebooting
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Hello,

There is supposed to be a way of restarting init, after modifications of
say an rc.* file, by sending a SIGHUP, I think avoiding the need to
reboot.
Could someone say how it is done.
Thanks

--  Joe  --