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Date:      Wed, 22 Sep 1999 11:32:30 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        John <papalia@UDel.Edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /etc/rc.conf restart 
Message-ID:  <50267.937992750@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 21 Sep 1999 21:55:48 -0400." <4.1.19990921215459.0095c700@unix01.voicenet.com> 

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On Tue, 21 Sep 1999 21:55:48 -0400, John wrote:

> Is there a way to get the system to re-read /etc/rc.conf without a
> shutdown/reboot?

No but yes. :-)

The following command will take you (without a reboot) into single-user
mode, with a shell session. When you exit that shell, the system will
run /etc/rc again:

	shutdown now

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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