On 11/09/2012 11:39 AM, mark lewis -> Netsurge wrote:   
      
    ml>> then there's restarting jamnntpd so that it recognises the updated   
    ml>> config files... how'd you handle that?   
      
    N>> When jamnntpd starts I have it record it's PID in /var/run.  When a   
    N>> new user is added, the users.dat file's timestamp chages.  I have a   
    N>> script that checks the timestamp of the users.dat file every hour,   
    N>> if the timestamp is new then it kills the pid and restarts jamnntpd.   
      
    ml> ahhh... that only works in some cases... i don't currently see it   
    ml> working on windows and depending on the compiler used, it may or may not   
    ml> work on OS/2...   
      
   There's your problem, your not running Linux, lol.   
      
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