Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:12:13 +0200 From: Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be> To: Soo-Hyun Choi <shchoi@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: editing the rc.conf Message-ID: <20040827201213.GB85361@lori.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <34b425c5040827090448542797@mail.gmail.com> References: <34b425c504082705446816dc77@mail.gmail.com> <200408271817.19544.nvass@teledome.gr> <34b425c5040827090448542797@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 05:04:08PM +0100, Soo-Hyun Choi wrote: > A couple of people suggested to read the ifconfig man page. I do > understand the ifconfig, and I can change the IP settings using > ifconfig without re-booting the system. > > What I wondered was a way of editing rc.conf directly and how I can it > be working without re-boot the system. As Nikos suggested, it would > not be a good way if there is only one way to go for it by using > 'shutdown now' command; as it kills all the running processes. > > Cheers, You could simply rerun one/some/all of the /etc/rc-scripts, e.g. "sh /etc/rc.network" in your case. But I don't think this is recommended. However, you can learn alot about the initialization of the system just by reading this scripts. GH
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