>
> Just do the following
> ps aux | grep 'demon name'
> kill -HUP 'pid of demon'
>
> At least that's what I've always done to restart a process.
>
> --Shawn Craver
> University Of Connecticut
> Computer Science and Engineering
> Undergraduate Student
>
No one has mentioned the easyest way, systems like Redhat SuSe use syssv
init style scripts. To use then one would do;
cd /etc/rc.d/rc3d
Take httpd for example
./S85httpd will return;
{start|stop|restart|reload|status}
./S85httpd stop
./S85httpd start
> "There's too much blood in my caffine system." -Unknown
>
> On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, 1stFlight ! wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've been trying to find info on how to restart daemons, can anyone
> > help me in this area? Restarting the whole system is starting to get
> > old. TIA
> >
> >
> > Darryl
> >
> > --
> > "Though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and
> > heaven, that which we are, we are; one equal temper of heroic hearts
> > made weak by time and fate but strong in will to strive, to seek, to
> > find and not to yield"
> >
> > Tennyson's "Ulysses"
> >
> >
> >
>
--
Regards Richard.
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