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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
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Subject: Re: reload rc.conf without rebooting
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On 2005-03-02 22:33, Ben Munat <bent@munat.com> wrote:
> How does one cause rc.conf to be reread without rebooting? Under linux
> I would generally do "source somefile.conf". But if I do "source
> rc.conf", I'm told that all my settings are not commands.

Generally, you don't.

For details, see the explanation of the FAQ:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#REREAD-RC