-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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). | 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with CentOS - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFLA82Gfg746kcGBOwRAvfTAKCuR7kRudvHBIW9RK8feUyPfzeHKACfYkDQ dw+tPHPTJYm9jknewFXaMGU= =VUGF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----