From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Jul 20 16: 8:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EC2037B400 for ; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 16:08:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.npubs.com (npubs.com [207.111.208.224]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA7A443E3B for ; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 16:08:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nielsen@memberwebs.com) From: "Nielsen" To: "FreeBSD-ISP" , "Ralph Forsythe" References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020720161747.01c6cff0@mail.centerone.com> Subject: Re: Restart without reboot MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-Id: <20020720230917.7E05E43B398@mail.npubs.com> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 23:09:17 +0000 (GMT) Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Each of the variables set in rc.conf get used in a different way. If you can figure out what that is you can perform the action remotely, without rebooting or taking down a running system (ie: single user). Look at the rc.* scripts. Nate ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralph Forsythe" To: "FreeBSD-ISP" Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 16:27 Subject: Re: Restart without reboot > Or, have it set up to use a serial console, and have that plugged into > either another PC, or a modem or router of some kind. Though I think you'd > have to reboot to do that... But once it's set up you don't have to worry > about it. > > -rf > > At 12:01 AM 7/21/2002 +0200, Chris Knipe wrote: > >No, > > > >Once the system is in init 1, it is single-user mode. It only runs one > >shell, one one console. > > > >You'll need to be physically infront of the system... > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Dave [Hawk-Systems]" > >To: "Chris Knipe" ; "FreeBSD-ISP" > > > >Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 11:23 PM > >Subject: RE: Restart without reboot > > > > > > > can this be done remotely (ie via ssh?) > > > > > > >init 1 > > > >init 3 > > > > > > > >This switches your system to runlevel 1 (what is is when it starts > > > >up), and when you go back to runlevel 3, your system will "boot up" > > > >like it normally would do after a reboot. > > > > > > > >>I know you can restart just a process by using 'kill -HUP pid', but > > > >>what process do I need to restart after modifying /etc/rc.conf? I've > > > >>always rebooted the machine in the past, but I've heard you can have > > > >>the rc.conf re-read. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message