i assume you mean '<those are> backticks, not single quotes.' On Thursday, March 14, 2002, at 02:50 PM, Michael Maibaum wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 02:45:27PM -0800, bob ackerman wrote: >> yes. i uncommented the daytime tcp line, did a 'kill -HUP 239' and the >> script worked. >> i didn't find 'killall' on my system. and 'kill -HUP inetd' didn't work. >> i > > killall is a linux abomination, the other option on non linux ssystems > is > > sudo kill -HUP `cat /var/run/inetd.pid` > > not backticks, not single quotes. > > HTH > > Michael >> had to use the pid of inetd. >> Thanks. i learning am. >> >> On Thursday, March 14, 2002, at 01:46 PM, Tim Rayner wrote: >> >>> Incidentally, to get a service such as 'daytime' to run, you can edit >>> the >>> /etc/inetd.conf file to remove the leading remark # characters from the >>> lines referring to the service of interest. There are two lines in the >>> case of daytime; I don't know whether both are actually required. >>> Probably not, >>> on reflection. Anyway, you should then issue the command 'killall -HUP >>> inetd' to restart the inetd server daemon, and you should be set. >>> >>> Both these activities require root/admin privileges, of course. >>> >>> Tim >>> > > -- > Dr Michael A. Maibaum - (W)+1 (415) 561 1682 - (H)+1 (415) 626 6733 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.gene-hacker.net/> >
