Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 12:03:32 +0100 From: Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reload rc.conf without rebooting Message-ID: <20050305110330.GA45280@scode-whitestar.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <20050303101807.GE1127@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <4226AFAD.4040100@munat.com> <20050303101807.GE1127@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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> > How does one cause rc.conf to be reread without rebooting? Under linux > > I would generally do "source somefile.conf". But if I do "source > > rc.conf", I'm told that all my settings are not commands. > > Generally, you don't. > > For details, see the explanation of the FAQ: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#REREAD-RC It's worth mentioning that if you're on 5.x and are looking to reload certain specific settings (such as daemon configurations etc), you can run /etc/rc.d/affected-script reload (or the equivalent in /usr/local/etc/rc.d). -- / Peter Schuller, InfiDyne Technologies HB PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com>' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org
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