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Subject: Re: reread newsyslog.conf without reboot
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Quoting Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>:
> On Feb 11, 2009, at 20:32, akruijff@dds.nl wrote:
>> Quoting Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com>:
>>> How do I get the system to reread /etc/newsyslog.conf file with out
>>> rebooting the system?
>>
>> This is usually done by sending a HUP signal with 'kill' to the   
>> newsyslog daemon. If this doesn't do it then you can kill the   
>> daemon and load it again with the script in /etc/rc.d/
>
> You might want to take a look at /etc/crontab - in particular the entry
> for newsyslog:
>
> # Rotate log files every hour, if necessary.
> 0       *       *       *       *       root    newsyslog
>
> Its not a daemon.  It runs and exits.  It reads the newsyslog.conf file
> each time it runs.

I overlooked this fact.