I need to know if it's possible to re-initialize groups after editing
"/etc/group" for currently active accounts -without- rebooting?
I'm trying to setup a script that adds the "ftp" and "nobody" users to a
group in "/etc/group". The script is written and works just fine, but from
what I can tell any processes currently running as "ftp" or "nobody" (my
FTP server and web servers) will not know they are now members of the new
groups without rebooting, or at least stopping and starting all services
(using "kill -1 inetd" to do this for wu-FTP did not work, do I just need
to restart inetd in a different way?).
It's a rather major hassle to have the script reboot after each and every
new virtual server is added, so I really need a better way if available.
Running DU 4.0b with C2 security.
Thanks,
/Geoff
P.S. I've not posted here before, so if I goofed something, easy on the
kerosene please, thanks.
Received on Tue Oct 21 1997 - 22:29:25 NZDT