Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:59:29 +0100 From: akruijff@dds.nl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: fbsd1@a1poweruser.com Subject: Re: reread newsyslog.conf without reboot Message-ID: <20090212065929.8cbmzbmee8cw8ggs@webmail.dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <6996675E-095E-4D4C-B886-6AC140808F06@lafn.org> References: <49BB6DE7.8060407@a1poweruser.com> <20090212053220.e723gzz3ggw8o8o8@webmail.dds.nl> <6996675E-095E-4D4C-B886-6AC140808F06@lafn.org>
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Quoting Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>: > On Feb 11, 2009, at 20:32, akruijff@dds.nl wrote: >> Quoting Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com>: >>> How do I get the system to reread /etc/newsyslog.conf file with out >>> rebooting the system? >> >> This is usually done by sending a HUP signal with 'kill' to the >> newsyslog daemon. If this doesn't do it then you can kill the >> daemon and load it again with the script in /etc/rc.d/ > > You might want to take a look at /etc/crontab - in particular the entry > for newsyslog: > > # Rotate log files every hour, if necessary. > 0 * * * * root newsyslog > > Its not a daemon. It runs and exits. It reads the newsyslog.conf file > each time it runs. I overlooked this fact.
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