You need to run etc-update (or one of it's cousins) if you are told files need updating. After that run the /etc/init.d/sshd restart.
On Friday April 28 2006 20:55, Kevin wrote: > On a related note, what is the most correct procedure for restarting a > service after an update to a service (say named or cyrus-imapd or apache > or sshd)? > > I've been doing something like this: > > # emerge -v openssh > examine config file differences and make any adjustments that are > required to be done by hand. > # /etc/init.d/sshd stop > # mv -i /etc/init.d/._cfg0000_sshd /etc/init.d/sshd > # /etc/init.d/sshd start > > But I've noticed that there are cases when this general procedure > doesn't work. Perhaps because binaries change location between package > versions and the old /etc/init.d/service script presumes the old package > binary location and the new package has already been installed so the > new binaries are no longer with the old startup script thinks they are. > In those cases, I usually find the service with ps and kill it by hand, > then zap the service and start it again, using the new start script, but > maybe there's a better way. Seems to me that it might be better to do > something like this: -- Brett I. Holcomb -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
