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Date:      Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:33:45 +0000
From:      Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu>
To:        fbsd_user <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: -HUP 1 command
Message-ID:  <20040114213345.GA38010@users.munk.nu>
In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGAEEHFEAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
References:  <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGAEEHFEAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>

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On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 08:53:44PM -0500, fbsd_user wrote:
> After making changes to syslog.conf and newsyslog.conf 
> what is the command to enable the changes.
> 
> Is it  Kill -HUP 1
Note that process with PID 1 is usually the init process - sending a HUP
signal to it will produce undesirable effects similar to restarting the
whole server.  Have a go and see what happens if it's not a production
server :P

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