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thus Timo Schoeler spake: | thus William L. Maltby spake: | | On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 10:56 +0100, Timo Schoeler wrote: | |> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- | |> Hash: SHA1 | |> | |> Hi list, | |> | |> I need to remove an entry of inittab which is used to (re)spawn a | process: | |> | |> mydemon:2345:respawn:/usr/sbin/mydemon >/dev/null 2>&1 | |> | |> So, I would comment out that entry and reload init running ``telinit | |> q''. IIRC, this would lead to the currently running daemon being killed. | |> I don't want to /try/ whether I'm right, as those are production systems. | |> | |> Is there any possibility (given that ``telinit q'' kills the running | |> process) to 'keep the process alive' _and_ reload init? | | | | If I understand what "man telinit" intends, it looks like the "-u" or | | "-U" might do what you want. | | It says: | | U or u tell init to re-execute itself (preserving the state). No re- | examining of /etc/inittab file happens. Run level should be one | of Ss12345, otherwise request would be silently ignored. | | I'll try it; it doesn't seem to touch the running state, however, it | also doesn't re-examine /etc/inittab (but that is what I actually want | it to do).

Just tried it: Seems to work that way. Thanks again!

| | Test it on some local desktop system since you can't test on your | | production? | | I prepare an equal setup in VirtualBox, so I can test beforehand. | | Thanks, | | Timo