On 11/09/2012 11:39 AM, mark lewis -> Netsurge wrote:

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

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

 ml> ahhh... that only works in some cases... i don't currently see it
 ml> working on windows and depending on the compiler used, it may or may not
 ml> work on OS/2...

There's your problem, your not running Linux, lol.

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