ml> then there's restarting jamnntpd so that it recognises the updated config 
ml> files... how'd you handle that?

When jamnntpd starts I have it record it's PID in /var/run.  When a new
user is added, the users.dat file's timestamp chages.  I have a script that
checks the timestamp of the users.dat file every hour, if the timestamp is
new then it kills the pid and restarts jamnntpd.

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