[strongSwan] ipsec update and SIGHUP

Tobias Brunner tobias at strongswan.org
Wed Mar 18 14:37:04 CET 2015


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

Yes, this will cause starter to reread ipsec.conf.

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

The charon daemon only reads strongswan.conf, and ipsec.conf is only
read by starter.  So if you changed both files you might want to send
SIGHUP to both charon and starter (the latter can be done via `ipsec
update`).

Regards,
Tobias



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