Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 05:57:49 -0400 From: rvb <rvb01@mediaone.net> To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Restart /etc/rc.conf Message-ID: <o7h0kt480en66dmqbs7j5lenl9uc4q0dj3@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <20010701195927.K296@blossom.cjclark.org> References: <3B3FC775.F9B111CD@pacific.net.sg> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10107020212510.26376-100000@localhost.localdomain> <20010701195927.K296@blossom.cjclark.org>
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I agree. And instead of using:
# kill `head -1 /var/run/sendmail.pid`
you could do:
# ps -aux | grep sendmail
# kill -1 <sendmail pid>
The kill -1 sends a SIGHUP which bounces (stops and restarts)
sendmail.
rvb
"Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> wrote:
>On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 02:13:14AM +0100, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote:
>> ps -aux | grep sendmail
>> kill -9 <sendmail's pid>
>> done.
>
>Don't use signal 9 (SIGKILL) unless you have to. It does not allow a
>program to clean up or do other things before exiting. Use the default
>SIGTERM.
>
>To properly shutdown sendmail,
>
> # kill `head -1 /var/run/sendmail.pid`
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Jeep. There's only one.
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