I always did a HUP, but I don't have to deal with AIX. From 3.0.4 cfengine will detach from its parent, so it could kill and restart cron.
nwat...@symcor.com wrote: > Having been spoiled by Vixie Cron I was not aware until yesterday that > older cron daemons, found in Solaris and AIX, do not automatically reread > cron tables at regular intervals. Thus if you edit crontables using CF's > edit files method older cron daemons will not pick-up the changes. What > to do? I did try sending a HUP signal to an AIX cron daemon yesterday but > that did nothing. How do others on this list handle cron edits? > > Sincerely, > -- > Neil Watson > 416-673-3465 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY WARNING > This communication, including any attachments, is for the exclusive use of > addressee and may contain proprietary and/or confidential information. If you > are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, disclosure, dissemination > or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this > communication and destroy all copies. > > AVERTISSEMENT RELATIF À LA CONFIDENTIALITÉ > Ce message, ainsi que les pièces qui y sont jointes, est destiné à l’usage > exclusif de la personne à laquelle il s’adresse et peut contenir de > l’information personnelle ou confidentielle. Si le lecteur de ce message n’en > est pas le destinataire, nous l’avisons par la présente que toute diffusion, > distribution, reproduction ou utilisation de son contenu est strictement > interdite. Veuillez avertir sur-le-champ l’expéditeur par retour de courrier > électronique et supprimez ce message ainsi que toutes les pièces jointes. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > Help-cfengine@cfengine.org > https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine -- Mark Burgess ------------------------------------------------- Professor of Network and System Administration Oslo University College, Norway Personal Web: http://www.iu.hio.no/~mark Office Telf : +47 22453272 ------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
