Subject: Re: Telnet server and FTP server setup
From: Michael O'Keefe (mokeefe@qualcomm.com)
Date: Wed Dec 05 2001 - 18:45:54 MST
Duane Murphy wrote:
>
> --- At Mon, 3 Dec 2001 18:32:58 -0500, Tim Moloney wrote:
>
> >First, edit /etc/xinetd.d/telnet and /etc/xinetd.d/proftpd to
> >change "disable = yes" to "disable = no". Then, as root execute
> >"killall xinetd -USR2".
>
> Why do people use kill instead of the init.d scripts?
>
> Use:
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd
>
> This will get you usage. Its usually restart or reload that you want.
>
> Of course, run this is as root.
Coz if you look at the script, the kill is exactly what it does.
Me personally...I do
kill -<SIGNAL> `cat /var/run/<service>.pid`
but killall is just as good, though a little too wildcardly for my taste
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