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At 09:06 AM 7/6/2008, David Allen wrote:
>I need to make several wholesale changes to a few different systems,
>and I'd prefer to do it over SSH without losing connectivity where
>possible.  I know I can use ifconfig, or edit /etc/rc.conf directly
>and reboot, but is there a canonical way to make the changes in
>/etc/rc.conf and "reload" those changes to ensure everything is in a
>known state?  From what I can determine, running netif stop/start
>would work, but would require I do that locally.


You pretty much need to be on the console rather than ssh'd in to make 
those changes interactively.  You can do them remotely via a cron job or at 
job, but any mistake will require a trip  to  the console.

         -Derek

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