On Ubuntu, "service tor reload" should also work.

There's not a lot you can do about updates that require a restart (other than to restart).

You can automate the restarts though, install "unattended-upgrades" and "update-notifier-common", then check out the config files in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d.

Best regards,
Alexander
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On 2015-03-14 10:47, Sebastian Urbach wrote:

On March 14, 2015 7:46:16 AM Larry Brandt <lbrandt@cni.net> wrote:

Hi  Larry,

Sorry if this question has been answered dozens of times before.  I have
a middle relay that has been operational since last summer.  I wish to
make some alterations to my torrc file and make these changes
operationally active without stopping and restarting tor. Is this
possible?  I experience a bit of down time whenever I up bandwidth,
change contact info, etc.  I'm also disapointed when ubuntu sends
updates that require a server restart.  What is the best method to
handle this on a stand-alone server?

You can use the -reload option after changing your torrc. The daemon
keeps running but reloads the config file.

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Sebastian Urbach

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