From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 15 04:37:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46EC016A4CE for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 04:37:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sxm.trinetworks.com (sxm.trinetworks.com [64.73.235.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 172DB43D39 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 04:37:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@trinetworks.com) Received: from sxm.trinetworks.com (localhost.trinetworks.com [127.0.0.1]) by sxm.trinetworks.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iAF4hvtb040389; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:43:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@trinetworks.com) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by sxm.trinetworks.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id iAF4hv18040388; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:43:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@trinetworks.com) X-Authentication-Warning: sxm.trinetworks.com: nobody set sender to freebsd@trinetworks.com using -f Received: from sdvpn01.lifecaresoln.com ([64.73.235.136]) (SquirrelMail authenticated user freebsd); by mail.trinetworks.com with HTTP; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:43:57 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1804.64.73.235.136.1100493837.squirrel@64.73.235.136> In-Reply-To: <41982C89.9090600@att.net> References: <41982C89.9090600@att.net> Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:43:57 -0800 (PST) From: "Matthew T. Lager" To: "Jay O'Brien" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal cc: FreeBSD - questions Subject: Re: How to make configuration changes without a reboot? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 04:37:09 -0000 You can do a shutdown now to get to single user mode, then execute an exit which will boot back into multi-user mode. All rc scripts will be re-initilized and you won't have to reboot the entire system (be sure to only do this on the console obviously)... . Matt L > I learned that in order to make changes to the screen saver, > I had to reboot the computer. Those changes, made by > sysinstall, appear in /etc/rc.conf. > > Is there a way to make such changes take effect without > rebooting? (Version 5.3 RELEASE, i386) > > Jay O'Brien > Rio Linda, California, USA > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >