[Box Backup] Restarting the server

[Ben Summers]

On 18 Apr 2005, at 05:42, 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 ?

kill -HUP reloads the configuration as with any other daemon, 
effectively the same as stopping and restartig the server.

>
> Will this have any implications on the connected clients ?

Existing connections will be maintained and use the old configuration. 
Any new connections use the new configuration.

Ben