I believe it is the same. the -HUP tells the daemon to re-read it's config files and start anew. Bob Crandell said these things on 20001012.1209: | Does "kill -HUP pid#" equal SIGHUP? | I just type "inetd" to restart it? | | Thanks | | >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/12/2000 11:39:04 AM >>> | Do a 'ps ax' and find the line that has 'inetd' in it. Find the | pid | (process ID) number, then type 'kill -HUP pid#'. | | -Rob | | Bob Crandell said these things on 20001012.1140: | | This line is at the top of /etc/inetd.conf: | | "To re-configure the running INETD process, edit this file, | then | | send the INETD process a SIGHUP signal." | | | | How do you send the inetd process a SIGHUP signal from the | | command line? Man inetd doesn't mention it. | | Is it done differently from different distributions? | | | | Thanks to any and all alike.