hostconfig process

[Justin C. Walker]

On Aug 14, 2007, at 16:43 , R.L. Grigg wrote:

> On Aug 10, 2007, at 4:06 PM, Justin C. Walker wrote:
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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
>>
>> 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.

Are you getting a clearer picture of what is going on?  If you are  
just interested in ARDAGENT, Dan gave you the answer, I think.  For  
the general case, it's a bit too twisty to nail down and be able to  
bank on across releases: if it's "/etc/hostconfig" you want to  
modify, reboot is in order.  If you are after a specific item  
therein, there may be an answer that does not require reboot (but  
that could change the next time the OS changes).

Justin

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