Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 10:40:42 +1030 (CST) From: tim <tim@lost.net.au> To: chip.wiegand@simrad.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rc.conf Message-ID: <20020320103620.G86179-100000@marbles.lost.net.au> In-Reply-To: <OF9A8004D2.873A8E80-ON88256B81.007FE0CF-88256B81.00802CE3@simrad.no>
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On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote: > I've searched the archives, faq, manual, and google/bsd, all to no avail. > I know this is possible - send a sig hup to rc.conf so it will be re-read > with > the new changes, thus avoiding rebooting the machine. I just don't > remember > the correct way to do it. I saw the answer before, just didn't write it > down, dummy > me. Could someone remind me? The only program that reads rc.conf are the startup scripts (/etc/rc*). You can't just "re-run" them from multiuser mode. You should restart whichever service you've modified the settings for manually (which often, but not always, means sending a SIGHUP to a process). Or, take the machine into single-user mode with the shutdown command. When you exit single-user mode, the rc files are re-executed. (this requires console access). HTH, -- tim@lost.net.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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