In many cases you can use zap instead of stop which will the process. > > From: "S. Krishnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/01/21 Wed PM 03:22:07 GMT > To: gentoo-user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [gentoo-user] Init files and daemon state > > > I'm having problems with daemon init on Gentoo. Whenever, for example, > due to a misconfigured file, a daemon with an /etc/init.d file does not > start, (typically sendmail, bind, etc.), whenever I try to restart it > using the /etc/init.d/<daemon> restart, or a stop/ start sequence, or > just a plain start, it refuses to start again. The error message says > that the daemon has already started, in spite of the fact that it did > not start. If I then try to stop it, I am told that it was not > started. The only way to get the daemon up again is to reboot or change > the runlevel and then switch back to the default runlevel. > > I am sure there is an easier way to do this. > > Thanks, > > Krishnan > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > >
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