-HUP 1 command

[Christian Laursen]

Jez Hancock <jez.hancock at munk.nu> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 08:53:44PM -0500, fbsd_user wrote:
> > After making changes to syslog.conf and newsyslog.conf 
> > what is the command to enable the changes.
> > 
> > Is it  Kill -HUP 1
> Note that process with PID 1 is usually the init process - sending a HUP
> signal to it will produce undesirable effects similar to restarting the
> whole server.  Have a go and see what happens if it's not a production
> server :P

I usually kill init with a SIGHUP after editing /etc/ttys and it has so
far never caused me any trouble.

Actually this is also explained in the init(8) manpage:

     Line status (on, off, secure, getty, or window information) may be
     changed in the ttys(5) file without a reboot by sending the signal SIGHUP
     to init with the command ``kill -HUP 1''.  On receipt of this signal,
     init re-reads the ttys(5) file.

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Best regards
    Christian Laursen