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. Test it on some local desktop system since you can't test on your production? -- Bill