Bob Crandell wrote: > > Does "kill -HUP pid#" equal SIGHUP? by pid#, rob meant the process ID# so yes... kill -HUP 234 would send a kill -HUP to process 234 -HUP means send the SIGHUP (SIGnal HangUP), instead of a 'kill signal' try man kill for a list of other signals you can send... > I just type "inetd" to restart it? Nope, sighup means 'reset yourself, reload, rerun' you don't need to rerun inetd. > | 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? actually, it's done the same in almost all distros, Linux or not... sending a SIGHUP is one advantage to unix. The Windows equivalent is 'You need to reboot' Seth
