Re: [htmltmpl] OT mod_perl and apache 2.x

[Douglas K. <do...@sl...>]

On Sunday 03 August 2003 17:10, Ron Savage wrote:
> Here's a message I captured on the mod_perl mailing list in the last 
> few days. I suggest Kenneth you subscribe to it despite your 
> reluctance, and ask questions there :-).
> 
> -----><8-----
> o Argh.  The Apache2/modperl2 that comes with RH9 is junk.  Get rid 
> of
> it all.  Use 'ps' to see what processes you have running and stop any
> httpd processes that you don't think you started.  RH will start an
> Apache when it boots if you let it, I wish they wouldn't do that.
> Read 'man chkconfig'.  Go into /etc/rc.d and look at the startup
> scripts.  Use chkconfig to prevent Apache being started at boot so
> you can start it manually when you've built it.  When you're happy
> that it's all as you wnt it, you might want to use chkconfig to set
> it up to start at boot again.
> -----><8-----
> 

I am wondering why they are going to that much trouble to stop and start the 
web server?  I do it all the time with my RH9 box.

/usr/sbin/apachectl stop
/usr/sbin/apachectl start

I guess I should ask them.

Douglas