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On Monday 30 March 2009 16:25:10 laurent wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I finished etc-updates with a lot of files, is there a way or even need |
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> to make all application reload the updated configuration files? |
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Yes, it's called a reboot. Nothing else will get the job done and guarantee |
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it's done right without errors. |
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The better way is to just look at the files that were changed, decide for |
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yourself if they need to be restarted and if so restart them manually. |
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If this reply sounds snarky, it's because your question is actually |
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nonsensical from a Unix perspective (although probably quite reasonable from a |
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human perspective). This is a situation that requires either a sledgehammer |
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approach or intelligent human intervention. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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