On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 11:41, Yang Xiao wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Keven Ring [mailto:keven@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 11:39 AM > > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > > Subject: Re: : [ FC2 ] ::.. NON-CRITICAL config question. > > > > > > > > >Hi, > > >Since you are new to Linux, you might want to run > > system-config-network > > >and select the NIC that is configured with DHCP, configure > > the hostname > > >manually, and save > > > > > Excellent Advice > > > > > and reboot. > > > > > > > > > > <rant> > > > > Why oh Why do we have to suggest to people that rebooting > > will take care > > of everything. > > > > Folks, just because some major OS must reboot for anything to take > > effect, does not mean that this is true of Unix in general, > > to include > > Linux. > > > > Why I shutdown/reboot unix boxes: > > 1) I have a new kernel > > 2) The kernel crashed (ok, this, admitted doesn't happen) > > 3) Something locked the machine up (kernel, driver, etc) > > 4) Power/Hardware Failure > > 5) I take my laptop home > > 6) I have to run some other OS > > > > Unix machines are generally *not* SINGLE USER MACHINES (there are > > exceptions, of course!). > > > > IMO, rebooting in most other circumstances (changing network config, > > etc) means that you just don't know how to solve the problem without > > rebooting. Personally, I would rather find the "correct, > > intended" way > > to solve the problem, rather than resorting to reboots. In > > the "olden > > days", it could take HOURS for a system to reboot..... It wasn't > > something you did for fun... > > > > In the case of a network configuration change, try the > > following as root > > (or sudo, if you prefer) > > service network stop > > service network start > > > > or, if you don't like to type, > > service network restart > > > > If you only want to recycle your ethernet hostname, > > ifdown eth0 > > ifup eth0 > > > > should work fine. (You may need to restart X, but that is > > for entirely > > different reasons). > > > > > > If you get into the mentality of rebooting like other OS's, then you > > might as well reboot whenever you install/update something via > > apt/yum/rpm, or when you compile something, etc. > > > > Perhaps a new menu item in Linux, similar to that in Wine/Crossover > > Office: Simulate Reboot > > > > </rant> > > > Wow, flames. > You are right, service network restart should work. > > Yang > And if you really want to get very close to a reboot without ruining your uptime, try telinit 1 and then telinit 5.
