[strongSwan] ipsec update and SIGHUP

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Wed Mar 18 13:28:58 CET 2015


On 2015-03-18 13:21, Tobias Brunner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> Are "ipsec update" and sending HUP to charon the same actions?
> 
> No, they are not.  `ipsec update` sends a SIGHUP to starter, but 
> starter
> does currently not forward the signal to charon.  So as you noticed, 
> the
> latter has to be done manually.
> 
> Regards,
> Tobias

Thanks Tobias!

But still "ipsec update" does reread contents of ipsec.conf, am I right?

And does sending HUP to charon forces it to reread ipsec.conf or just 
the strongswan.conf?

-- 
With kind regards,
Aleksey


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