-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 don wrote: > I added a new "service definition" to /etc/xinetd.d directory and now I > want to restart xinetd so the new definition is picked up. > > How can I tell if xinetd actually restarted? > I use su - to get to root, then kill -s SIGHUP <pid> > where <pid> is the pid for xinetd as returned by ps -A|grep inet > > I was expecting some messages like "xinetd shutting down/restarting", but > the kill command just ends and I'm back at a command prompt. > Try the service command: service xinetd restart or service xinetd stop service xinetd start -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFAKp0kL6ubqSVs8LERAi8jAJ49ctn1Aq6pU6/Ox4mHBM9cvAbwDACgtheJ HL2dpgRTc1zKZEAqucwmj4I= =+dj9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----