The time-lag with rebootvs was introduced to cope with vsdredirect
binding/un-binding. Get rid of vsdredirect and you can have a nice quick
rebootvs. The answer lies in getting freeVSD solid on RH7.1 (with 2.4
kernel)
Tim
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ben Kennish
> Sent: 15 June 2001 17:15
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> Subject: updatewebserver
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>
> Dear all,
>
> We are looking to create a script that will reboot Apache on a virtual
> server so as to activate any changes that the admin user makes to
> httpd.conf.
>
> But trying to kill httpd in any form (-9 -HUP, etc.) gives "httpd : no
> process killed" even though it does exist (ps -A shows it). I assume
> that this has to do with permissions? I know we can use rebootvs but
> this takes AGES and is rather unsatisfactory (how come DSVR's rebootvs
> takes about 5 seconds whereas ours takes closer to 5 minutes!?!?)
>
> Oh and BTW, is there a BIG security risk with allowing the admin user
> write permission to /usr/lib/perl/ and its sub directories so that they
> can install Perl modules? Oh and shouldn't /usr/local be owned by
> admin?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Have a nice weekend everyone,
>
>
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> Ben Kennish
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