How to restart after making chnages to hosts.allow

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I have made chnages /etc/hosts/allow like

ALL:ALL

I have to restart the whole computer to check that , is there any service which i can restart to check the setting

ktower · Answer 1 · 2010-04-23 04:51:09Z

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Most services that use /etc/hosts.allow will notice changes to the file without a restart.

answered Apr 23 '10 at 4:51

+1, or just restart the service you want to test. – Chris S♦ Apr 24 '10 at 14:51

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Vivek Varghese Cherian · Answer 2 · 2010-04-24 13:09:55Z

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You can restart the xinetd dameon and that should do.

answered Apr 24 '10 at 13:09

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