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Re: kill HUP



> Hello!
>
> Does anybody know why slapd doesn't work with "kill -HUP"? When I do "kill
> -HUP", slapd stops and is not restarted.

That's the intended behavior.  Note that HUP means "Hang-UP", which does
not imply restarting (despite other software actually restarts upon
receiving that signal).  Slapd interprets HUP as a "gentle" shutdown, i.e.
it waits for all connections to close before shutting down.

p.

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