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Old 09-13-2009
Restart a Daemon
Dear expert,

How do i restart a daemon ? I know to use the kill <PID> command to shut down the daemon. But after terminate the daemon, how to restart it back ? Smilie Please advice, many thanks in advance !!! Smilie
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Old 09-13-2009
use:

Code:
kill -HUP <PID>

or find the daemon init file (/etc/init.d/...) and use the "restart" method if available.
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Old 09-13-2009
Thx for prompt reply Smilie it works Smilie
 
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