Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262864AbTKCUM0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2003 15:12:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262937AbTKCUM0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2003 15:12:26 -0500 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([213.168.176.16]:43494 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262864AbTKCUMZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2003 15:12:25 -0500 Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 21:12:23 +0100 From: Tomas Szepe To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: lkml Subject: Re: how to restart userland? Message-ID: <20031103201223.GC16820@louise.pinerecords.com> References: <20031103193940.GA16820@louise.pinerecords.com> <200311032003.hA3K3tgv017273@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200311032003.hA3K3tgv017273@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1016 Lines: 29 On Nov-03 2003, Mon, 15:03 -0500 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 20:39:40 +0100, Tomas Szepe said: > > Would anyone know of a proven way to completely restart the userland > > of a Linux system? > > This would be distinct from 'shutdown -r' how? No reboot. > Is there a reason you want to "completely" restart userland and *not* > reboot (for instance, wanting to keep existing mounts, etc)? Extensive userland upgrades (glibc is a nice example I guess), etc. > A case could be made that for a "complete" restart, you need to trash > those mounts too (if you're restarting to get a 'clean' setup, you want > to actually be clean), and so forth. Right. -- 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/