setting up network virtual hosts (ifconfig)

[Jason Williams]

>Well that depends on what it is, but if you want to just go through
>everything you can do this:
>
># shutdown now
>
>This will put you in single-user mode. Hit enter for the default shell, then
>just log out (Ctrl-D) and that will fire up init and run through the rc
>system again.

What if you are doing this remotely? :)
Any other way to get around that?

Jason