Restarting ftpd

[Terry Kummell]

I just made a change to /etc/inetd.conf. I changed the ftp line to change the umask from 027 to 222 (Which I think should give me -r--r--r-- access permissions). The question is:

Is there a kill command to cause ftpd to restart and thus check the inetd.conf file?
Can this command be executed with impunity? I've got 170+ users on the system
at the moment.

Thanks,
Terry Kummell

[Kofi ARTHIABAH · Accepted solution]

The command you need to execute is:

# inetd -c

This will restart the inetd deamon which is what is responsible for starting ftpd when required. Yes you can execute the command without any impact to your users.

[Andreas Voss]

Hi,

type inetd -c and your changes in /etc/inetd.conf will take affect.

Regards