On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:52 AM, peter_bateman <jrweisb...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hello All, > > I know this may be a newbie question, Newbie or not, use the users@httpd mailing list for this sort of thing ;) > however when i run the following > command, all of my apache processes are listed with -k start. I have an > example listed below: > > ps -aux | grep apache | grep -v grep > apache 22397 3.5 0.3 360224 28476 ? S 09:39 0:08 > /usr/sbin/httpd -k start > apache 22559 10.3 0.4 365472 34572 ? S 09:39 0:23 > /usr/sbin/httpd -k start > apache 22721 4.9 0.3 363376 32588 ? S 09:39 0:11 > /usr/sbin/httpd -k start > apache 22723 5.2 0.3 363692 32112 ? R 09:39 0:11 > /usr/sbin/httpd -k start > apache 23059 6.0 0.3 361404 29824 ? S 09:35 0:27 > /usr/sbin/httpd -k start > apache 25198 4.4 0.3 361636 29752 ? S 09:36 0:19 > /usr/sbin/httpd -k start > apache 25396 5.1 0.3 360356 28736 ? S 09:36 0:22 > /usr/sbin/httpd -k start > apache 28921 8.1 0.3 359324 27904 ? S 09:40 0:15 > /usr/sbin/httpd -k start > apache 29474 4.6 0.3 359200 27708 ? S 09:40 0:08 > /usr/sbin/httpd -k start > apache 31748 5.0 0.3 362396 31272 ? S 09:32 0:33 > /usr/sbin/httpd -k start > > I was wondering if anyone has any insight as to why the process is listing > the -k start? I have never seen this on any of my other websevers, > typcially > they just show "0:33 /usr/sbin/httpd". > It was largely explained already. There's a perhaps obvious bit that didn't seem to be mentioned: Both "/usr/sbin/httpd" and "/usr/sbin/httpd -k start" are valid ways to start the server. Different scripts could be used in one environment vs. another or one start mechanism vs. another. > > I am running Centos 5.3, Server version: Apache/2.2.3 > Server built: Jan 21 2009 22:00:55 > > Any help would be appreciated :) > > Regards, > > peter_bateman > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://apache-http-server.18135.x6.nabble.com/apache-process-ps-aux-tp5007013.html > Sent from the Apache HTTP Server - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > -- Born in Roswell... married an alien... http://emptyhammock.com/
