On Dec 7 07:45, Marilo wrote: > I know linux has ways to reload configuration files without restarting a > service. > > Is there a way with cygwin's sshd to reload the configuration files without > stopping and starting it. > > I know of net start sshd, net stop sshd, and I have checked cygrunsrv > http://web.mit.edu/cygwin/cygwin_v1.3.2/usr/doc/Cygwin/cygrunsrv.README I > see options for start stop install and remove. > > I don't see any way to reload configuration.
The concept of reloading configuration is not supported on the Windows service level. However, something like `systemctl reload' on Linux is just a layer on top of the "real thing", too. See the sshd.service configuration file on Fedora: $ grep -i reload /usr/lib/systemd/system/sshd.service ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID So that's what really happens, systemctl calls kill -HUP on the sshd master process. That's what you can do as well on Cygwin, as long as you're running a shell with admin privileges, for instance: $ ps -e | grep -E 'sshd|cygrunsrv' 3116 4292 3116 1820 ? 1049583 10:29:51 /usr/sbin/sshd 4292 3912 4292 4536 ? 1049583 10:29:34 /usr/sbin/sshd 3912 1 3912 3912 ? 1049583 10:29:34 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv As you can see, the sshd process started by cygrunsrv has the pid 4292, so $ kill -HUP 4292 as admin should do the trick. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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