> On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about, Where has
> apachectl gone ???: > Hi all > > RedHat Linux V6.2 kernel 2.2.14-5.0 >
> Apache V 1.3 > > Past experience with Apache on SuSE Linux and Solaris
> systems led me > to believe that ther was a funky script called
> apachectl that can be used to > start and stop the httpd. > > Imagine
> my delight when I read the following in the Apache docs > > :>As of
> Apache 1.3 we provide a script src/support/apachectl > :>which can be
> used to start, stop, and restart Apache > Can I find this script on my
> system. No... > # find / -name apachectl returns zip > There's also a
> whole load of other stuff that is supposed to be there > according to
> these docs and the RedHat Linux book (admittedly 6.0) > that I've got.
> But most of it seems to be missing. > I'm trying to get PHP going on
> my new RedHat system (without too > much luck at the moment) and every
> time I want to restart the server I > have to re-boot, which is
> becoming a bit of a bore. > What is is that _I'm_ missing (apart from
> a few brain cells).
>
> Without seeming ambiguous i would say a lot, i mean that in a lot of
> software,
Sure, I know you meant the software ;-)
>
> apache must be installed to have the script to start and stop it,
> AFAIK.
That's a logical assumption. Apache is indeed installed and since my last post I have managed to get PHP working (wasn't hard really, I was just using the wrong file extension...duh!).
>
> AFAIK There is "never" the need to reboot to stop any server or
> daemon, 'killall daemon_name' should be enough.
Yep, I could certainly kill the server by writing a simple script that calls kill -9 <path to pid>/httpd.pid for example but it's starting it up again that would be the problem. I'm still struggling with the file system and finding things, I assume that there would be an httpd binary somewhere that can be invoked (with [optional] cla's).
I discovered that the second disk in the distribution contains the source for [all] the open source apps, perhaps I should try to build Apache by hand ?
>
> I you would care to give us more information on HOW you installed,
> WHAT you installed, and just WHAT you are doing, then maybe one of the
> so called guru's on this list can help you more.
Well, I loaded RedHat Linux 6.2 CD 1 after setting the bios to boot from CD-ROM, selected 'everything' on the relevant screen, clicked 'install' (or whatever) and went and had a few beers while installation proceeded.
When the system rebooted I typed startx, played around with the GUI's for a while then got bored and exited to the command line.
This is where I am at the moment, I'm trying to mirror the setup at my ISP so that I can develop locally then upload working code over the phone line.
I'm currently trying to get my head round the httpd.conf file which is why I would like a convenient way to start and stop Apache.
> Just because a document says it should be there, DOES NOT mean it IS
> there, some distribution's do not install ALL software. Period.
As I am discovering.
Cheers
Duncan
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