On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 04:29:01AM +0100, Sebastian Urbach wrote: > >I'd like to reload torrc; I think I can do this by either restarting tor or > >by sending a SIGHUP to the tor process, but I'm not sure how much of a > >service interruption each of these approaches will cause. > > > >What's the best way to reload torrc (i.e. how can I do this in a way that > >minimizes the service interruption)? > > If it is just reloading the torrc and nothing else then SIGHUP ie > the best way to do that.
If you're using the deb, "service tor reload" is slightly better -- this init script will run Tor on your torrc with --verify-config first, in case it notices anything that is going to make your Tor exit when it parses the new torrc. If the Tor run with --verify-config complains, then the init script will opt not to send the hup signal, and instead give you a warning. The goal is to reduce the number of situations where you hup your Tor and then it quietly writes out a complaint about the new torrc file and exits, but you don't notice that it's gone. --Roger _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays