Re: [users@httpd] How to restart Apache

[Sander Temme]

On Aug 27, 2008, at 6:13 AM, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:

Others will answer this better I'm sure and I haven't used Debian in a while but I would do:

Debian names its httpd 'apache2'.

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /var/run/apache2.pid
5692
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo rm /var/run/apache2.pid
[sudo] password for sctemme:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /var/run/apache2.pid
cat: /var/run/apache2.pid: No such file or directory

$sudo ps ax | grep httpd

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps -lC apache2
F S   UID   PID  PPID  C PRI  NI ADDR SZ WCHAN  TTY          TIME CMD


(don't have to be root to do this)

5 S 0 5692 1 0 78 0 - 43517 - ? 00:00:00 apache2 5 S 33 7436 5692 0 77 0 - 43517 - ? 00:00:00 apache2 5 S 33 7437 5692 0 77 0 - 43517 - ? 00:00:00 apache2 5 S 33 7438 5692 0 77 0 - 43517 - ? 00:00:00 apache2 5 S 33 7439 5692 0 81 0 - 43517 - ? 00:00:00 apache2 5 S 33 7440 5692 0 81 0 - 43517 - ? 00:00:00 apache2

$sudo kill "lowest httpd process id goes here"

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo kill -HUP 5692

The one you want to touch is the one with PPID 1: that's the parent process.

$sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /var/run/apache2.pid
5692



I would be worried about its disapearance in the first place though.

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Sander Temme
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In other words: a restart as effected by the Hangup signal puts the pidfile back.

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