11 Apr
2007
11 Apr
'07
9:52 a.m.
On 4/11/07, Alan DeKok <aland@deployingradius.com> wrote:
To back up a bit, *why* are you HUPing the server?
I usually HUP servers to force them to re-read their configuration without forcing the server to restart. I'm glad I found the earlier commentary that HUPping radiusd is considered harmful. I did it myself when I was writing my first config last month, and ran across the segfault, too.
Maybe we can add features that prevent the need for the HUP, and then remove support for HUP. That would be best, I think.
Do you have in mind a favorite technique for signaling daemons that the config files have changed? HUP is a common way to do it, but I'm sure there are other ways. -ethan