On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Colin Watson wrote:
> SamBozo Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
