On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Keith Mastin wrote:

> From what I gather from man rc.conf, the rc.conf file is sourced at system
> startup. It makes sense that the system will also source this file on
> services, but apparently it's not.

Yes, you don't have to reboot. It gets the setting each time.

As for why it doesn't get the new setting, I don't know why. Maybe some
typo. Maybe show us the relevant parts in your /etc/rc.conf file.

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://www.reedmedia.net/