hi this has been a question of mine for a long time, what is the best way to restart services that are loaded via the rc file? I am used to the system V init scripts which of course provide an easy way to restart a service. i know that many ports come with contained init scripts which go to /usr/local/etc/rc.d ..but still a good deal seems to be loaded from those /etc/rc* scripts(rpc/nfs, networking etc)
same goes for networking, if I changed /etc/rc.conf to add virtual interfaces whats the best way to reload the configuration? I saw on one website: http://lantech.geekvenue.net/chucktips/jason/chuck/1021162365/index_html where the author reccomended a reboot after changing rc.conf !! ack. I know I can do it manually but am hoping for a more foolproof way. i looked through manpages of rc.conf and rc and could not find info on how to reload a specific service. while I don't mean anything negative towards freebsd's init system, whats the advantage of using it over the more common system V ? or is it there just because it's always been that way ? I am mostly a debian person, so i am used to the debian-way, but i am tryin hard to learn freebsd in-depth too. thanks nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
