> iTOOL wrote:
> >
> > If I make changes to the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files, do I have to
> > rebbot for these changes to take effect or is there a service (such as
> > INETD) that I need to kill and re-start?
> Myles Vredenburg answered:
>
> No need to restart any daemons or reboot for the changes to take effect.
>
You do not have to restart inetd, but you have to force it
to reread the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files. Send it
a hangup signal.
prompt# killall -HUP inetd
will do it. Of course, restarting the inetd daemon or
rebooting the computer will also do it, but it's overkill.
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