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Date:      Sun, 26 Sep 1999 14:04:57 -0700
From:      Doug <Doug@gorean.org>
To:        John <papalia@UDel.Edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /etc/rc.conf restart
Message-ID:  <37EE8A79.1D771394@gorean.org>
References:  <4.1.19990921215707.0095e2e0@unix01.voicenet.com> <4.1.19990924200720.0097a430@unix01.voicenet.com>

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John wrote:
> 
> This is exactly the kind of answer I was actually looking for... the whole
> point of what I was trying to achieve was to make changes, have them
> recognized, all without bumping users off the system, and all without
> having to run the hardware through repeated reboots if my changes failed...

	*Nod* I got that impression, and thanks for the kind words. 

> For more details, what I was curious about trying to do was to add a
> netmask to the lo0 line in the file to see what affect that would have.
> But, I wanted the system to read the change without a reboot if possible.
> Perhaps you might even be able to comment on if this is even possible?  I'm
> actually trying to trouble shoot a new install of samba, but I'm not giving
> up on trying to cure it myself yet =)

	Never give up! :) All you need to do for this is to ifconfig the
interface. The man page for ifconfig should give you all you need to
know. 

Good luck,

Doug
-- 
"Stop it, I'm gettin' misty." 

    - Mel Gibson as Porter, "Payback"


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