SamBozo Debian User wrote: > I KNOW THIS is NOT the proper way to do things with Linux ... > but how else do you know? > Please tell me? > I'll change my evil ways...
if it comes to it you can always go to runlevel 1 (init 1), when it prompts for the root password hit CTRL-D to come back to runlevel 2. that will effectivly restart all programs on the system except (i think) init, and of course the kernel. restarting programs really depends on the program, some have scripts to restart them, others respond to the -HUP kill signal, but not all. init 1 is the next best thing to rebooting without actually having to reboot. nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]