hostconfig process

[Jerry LeVan]

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> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:06:09 -0700
> From: "Justin C. Walker" <justin at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: hostconfig process
> To: omniadmin OSX <macosx-admin at omnigroup.com>
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> On Aug 10, 2007, at 11:11 , R.L. Grigg wrote:
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>> Theres a remote OSX 10.4.10 system that I administor by ssh, and
>> after I modify /etc/hostconfig, what process do I need to kill -HUP
>> to have it read up the new settings so I dont have to reboot it
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> You need to reboot to have this file re-scanned.  In essence, it
> provides a lot of basic settings for the system (processes that may
> run only at boot-time, or long-lived processes that have nothing to
> do with the boot process) to use, and without restarting the whole
> system, you won't get what you want.
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> This may have changed in recent releases, but AFAIK, this is the
> still the case.
>
> Justin
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Have you tried "hostname -s newnane" (and setting the host name in  
hostconfig).

Jerry