On Fri, Oct 23, 1998, Jay D. Ribak wrote:
> Woohoo!!! It worked!! Your post sparked me to start playing around
> with httpd a bit more...here's my problem:
>
> /usr/local/apache/sbin/httpd -DSSL &
>
> Was sticking the process in the background along with the prompt for
> the pass phrase. I could have sworn I had tried it w/o the & earlier
> and it didn't work. I may not have tried it after upgrading to 1.3.3
> and 2.0.13.
>
> Perhaps we can add this to the FAQ for other dummies like myself.
>
> "Why does apache with mod_ssl not prompt me for a password and then
> die?"
> "You must not run the process in the background"
>
> Of course, it can go into more detail than that, though.
>
> I want to thank everyone who responded to my problems!
>[...]
I'll add such an entry to the FAQ. OTOH pushing Apache explicity into the
background is not needed at all for Apache 1.3: Because Apache detaches itself
implicitly. So there is no need for "httpd &", neither with nor without
mod_ssl ;-)
Ralf S. Engelschall
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