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Did you just make a config change? &nbsp;Do an 'xinetd reload' instead of restart.<br />
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If you do need to restart it, why? &nbsp;If it doesn't come back up for whatever reason your users probably won't be happy.
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Did you just make a config change?  Do an 'xinetd reload' instead of restart.

If you do need to restart it, why?  If it doesn't come back up for whatever reason your users probably won't be happy.

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I administer the server backups at my company and need to restart the netbackup client. &nbsp;When it's managed by xinetd, I have to restart xinetd to restart the netbackup client. &nbsp;I was under the impression that the xinetd service was mainly used to start a session of a network application.<br />
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Thanks for your replies. &nbsp;
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I administer the server backups at my company and need to restart the netbackup client.  When it's managed by xinetd, I have to restart xinetd to restart the netbackup client.  I was under the impression that the xinetd service was mainly used to start a session of a network application.

Thanks for your replies.  

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I need to restart xinetd on Linux (suse) server with multiple people logged on. &nbsp;Could this have any adverse affect on others logged into the system?
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I need to restart xinetd on Linux (suse) server with multiple people logged on.  Could this have any adverse affect on others logged into the system?

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