From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 29 12:36:22 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA07758 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 12:36:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fire.mhi-tx.com (www.mhi-tx.com [208.243.253.225]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA07744 for ; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 12:36:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robert@mhi-tx.com) Received: from mhi-tx.com (robert.mhi-tx.com [192.168.1.200]) by fire.mhi-tx.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA18692 for ; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:29:40 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from robert@mhi-tx.com) Message-ID: <36B21EF5.E1533107@mhi-tx.com> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:49:57 -0600 From: robert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd list Subject: re read the host file and ttys Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hello, I am wondering how I can make my machine re read the /etc/hosts,hosts.equiv,hosts.lpd, and /etc/ttys files without restarting the whole thing. I have tried kill -1 1(killing init) but that isn't it?? any clues would be greatly appreciated. please send direct mail as I am not currently subscribed to the list. thanks in advance , Robert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message