Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262705AbTKCTjo (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2003 14:39:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262738AbTKCTjo (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2003 14:39:44 -0500 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([213.168.176.16]:34790 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262705AbTKCTjn (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2003 14:39:43 -0500 Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 20:39:40 +0100 From: Tomas Szepe To: lkml Subject: how to restart userland? Message-ID: <20031103193940.GA16820@louise.pinerecords.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 591 Lines: 23 Hi, Would anyone know of a proven way to completely restart the userland of a Linux system? i.e. something like # echo whatever-restart >/proc/wherever Killing all processes. Killing init. Unmounting all filesystems. VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). INIT: v2.84 booting ... Thanks for any pointers, -- Tomas Szepe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/