.\" Title: afpd
.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.74.3 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 06 Jan 2004
+.\" Date: 08 Feb 2010
.\" Manual: Netatalk 2.1beta
.\" Source: Netatalk 2.1beta
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "AFPD" "8" "06 Jan 2004" "Netatalk 2.1beta" "Netatalk 2.1beta"
+.TH "AFPD" "8" "08 Feb 2010" "Netatalk 2.1beta" "Netatalk 2.1beta"
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.\" * set default formatting
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.RS 4
Sending a
\fBSIGHUP\fR
-to afpd will cause it to reload its configuration files\&.
+to afpd will cause it to reload its configuration files\&. The master
+\fBafpd\fR
+process will reread all files while the children
+\fBafpd\fR
+processes will only reread the volume configuration\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+SIGINT
+.RS 4
+Sending a
+\fBSIGINT\fR
+to a child
+\fBafpd\fR
+enables
+\fImax_debug\fR
+logging for this process\&. The log is sent to fhe file
+/tmp/afpd\&.PID\&.XXXXXX\&. Sending another
+\fBSIGINT\fR
+will terminate the process\&.
.RE
.PP
SIGUSR1
The
\fBafpd\fR
process will look in the message directory configured at build time for a file named message\&.pid\&. For each one found, a the contents will be sent as a message to the associated AFP client\&. The file is removed after the message is sent\&. This should only be sent to a child
-\fBafpd\fR\&. Warning: If the \-\-with\-message\-dir option was not used, this will kill the
-\fBafpd\fR
-process
+\fBafpd\fR\&.
.sp
To shut down a user\'s
\fBafpd\fR