> On 14-Jan-2003/16:33 -0500, Jianping Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I have a redhat 7.3 linux server with a large db running on it. I need to > >install a software pubcrawler.pl on this machine. After i install it, > >need to set up environment varible for every user to use it. So i make > >change to /ect/profile. After i make change i do not now how to let my > >change take effect without restarting my server. ( i can not restart my > >server because i can not stop the db one my server). > >Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated. > > It sounds like you want to change the environment of an existing process > that's running a non-interactive application. I think the app would have > to have been designed to read in external data and add it to its > environment. > > FWIW, users should see the change when they login.
/etc/profile will be parsed if anyone start the bash shell as a login shell /etc/bashrc will be parsed everytime a bashrc start If the env var is useful for running process, you have to restart it. Note that, some daemon like process will allow to sent her a signal by $ kill -s SOMESIGNAL PID Lau -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
