On Tue, Apr 06, 1999 at 09:09:20AM -0400, Gene Tsygan wrote: > Hi, everybody! > According to materials I read, one of the great things about Linux is that > it does not need to be rebooted in order to apply configuration changes. > Stopping and restarting the affected services is adequate. Can you tell me > how to do it? What should I type to stop and restart services like httpd, > smbd, etc. The files that you're interested in are contained in the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory. Just 'cd /etc/rc.d/init.d/' and 'ls' to get a list of the available files. Use './<file> start' and './<file> stop'. Some also support './<file> restart'. Using just './<file>' should give you a list of the available options. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]