Re: Rebooting is foolish ....
On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Colin Watson wrote:
> SamBozo Debian User <peacemkr@wcc.net> wrote:
> > Recently there were comments made as to the "foolishness" of rebooting
> >just to reset an edited config file. How about a list of the cli entrys
> >that would have accomplished this? Are there different ones for
> >different config files? SHUP something? blabla stop/start/restart????
>
> Almost always, '/etc/init.d/foo restart' will do the job. If it isn't a
> daemon, then just quit and restart.
>
For non daemons, kill -HUP <pid> will also work well.
> The only exceptions I can think of offhand are /etc/lilo.conf, where you
> need to run /sbin/lilo and then reboot if you want the new kernel to be
> loaded (of course :)), and /etc/inittab, where 'telinit q' will reload
> it.
>
> > It's a wonderful thing to already know all this... how about sharing?
> >And if the standard RTFM reply is to be used ... please specify which
> >freaking manual we are refering to reading.
>
> Heh. If I use a bare "RTFM" without saying which one, do remind me ...
> it's easy to forget when it's ages since you read it first.
>
> There's a surprising amount of information in the Debian FAQ
> (http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/); I'm not sure if this specific question
> is answered there, but I'm willing to bet the maintainer(s) would
> welcome additions and improvements to it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Colin Watson [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]
>
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