"Gonzalo A. Diethelm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Just to make things clear, kill doesn't stop anything; it's purpose > in life is to send a given signal to a given process. When you do a > > killall -HUP inetd > > you are sending a SIGHUP signal to all processes whose name matches > "inetd". "The" inetd we all know, inetd(8), reacts to a SIGHUP by > rereading its configuration file, /etc/inetd.conf.
Another way for force inetd to reload its configuration is to use the start script: /etc/init.d/netbase reload Torsten -- "What a depressingly stupid machine" The Restaurant at the End of the Universe PGP Public Key is available -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .