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On 5/17/05, Foo Ji-Haw <jhfoo@nexlabs.com> wrote:
> This brings to mind a question, I've been wanting to ask:
>=20
> How does one get the system to read the rc.conf changes without
> rebooting the system?
>=20

Just restart the appropriate service (usually found in /etc/rc.d or
/usr/local/etc/rc.d).