cfd rejects improperly on first connect after config reload

[Alan Sparks]

Got a problem with 1.6.0.a11 cfd.  If the cfd.conf gets updated, the
following appears in syslog (and the remote cfrun is rejected):

Nov  9 11:01:19 email06 cfengine:email06[12816]: Edited file
/etc/inet/hosts
Nov  9 11:15:40 email06 cfd[639]: Rereading config files
/opt/cfengine/etc/cfd.conf..
Nov  9 11:15:40 email06 cfd[639]: Host authentication failed or access
denied
Nov  9 11:15:40 email06 cfd[639]: Multithreaded version
Nov  9 11:17:03 email06 cfd[639]: Executing command
/opt/cfengine/sbin/cfengine ...

So, cfd is rereading its config, then not working correctly for the
first connection (but OK on the second and subsequent tries). 
Restarting cfd after a cfd change might be an option, I'm concerned
about restarting a cfd that might be already communicating with a remote
cfrun tho.

Any fix or workaround for this?  Thanks.
-Alan

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Alan Sparks, Sr. UNIX Administrator     asparks@quris.com
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