hostconfig process

[R.L. Grigg]

On Aug 10, 2007, at 4:06 PM, Justin C. Walker wrote:
>
> On Aug 10, 2007, at 11:11 , R.L. Grigg wrote:
>
>> 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
>
> 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.
>
> This may have changed in recent releases, but AFAIK, this is the  
> still the case.

For example in Sys Prefs under Sharing when you select to enable  
Apple Remote Desktop it modifies the settings in /etc/hostconfig:
    ARDAGENT=-YES-
and then somehow enables it without a reboot. I assume by restarting  
some process. Just wondering which one? Or is there a simpler way to  
do this.
Russ