[Box Backup] Restarting the server

[Per Thomsen]

On 4/17/05 9:42 PM, Jammer wrote:

>Hi
>
>Apologies if this has been answered on the list or in the web docs but I 
>haven't been able to find the answer...
>Is it possible to do a "kill -HUP"  on the server to get it to re-read its 
>configuration or do I have to shut it down and restart ?
>
>Will this have any implications on the connected clients ?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>  
>
Jammer,
A cursory scan of the server source, tells me that 'kill -1' (or HUP) 
will cause the config file to be re-read. I'm not sure about the 
implications to connected clients. Box is very resilient to disconnects, 
etc. so it's probably not a problem, unless the account was deleted or 
something like that.

However, there are some config changes that can have pretty far-reaching 
consequencees... Just as an example, I honestly don't know what will 
happen if you change the disc set for an account, and then kill -HUP the 
server.

I'm sure Ben can shed some light on that.

My $0.02,
Per

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