> > How does one cause rc.conf to be reread without rebooting? Under linux
> > I would generally do "source somefile.conf". But if I do "source
> > rc.conf", I'm told that all my settings are not commands.
> 
> Generally, you don't.
> 
> For details, see the explanation of the FAQ:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#REREAD-RC

It's worth mentioning that if you're on 5.x and are looking to reload certain
specific settings (such as daemon configurations etc), you can run
/etc/rc.d/affected-script reload (or the equivalent in /usr/local/etc/rc.d).

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