Hi,
Alain Schoenmakers wrote:
> I was wondering if apache has something like a auto reload
> feature of it configuration. The following has happend :
>
> I edited my configuration (apache.conf) and altered the values
> of MaxServers and keep-alive time. I saved the configuration but
> DID NOT start and stop or restart the apache server(on purpose).
>
> After 2 days my apache server was down (bad gateway), because of an
> error in the configuration I edited. I think this means the edited
> configuration file was loaded without an restart of the apache server
> or the host system.
>
> How is the possible ??
More than likely when your logs were rotated. Apache won't reload its
config unless told to.
You'll probably find something like:
/bin/kill -USR1 `cat /var/run/httpd.pid 2>/dev/null` 2> /dev/null || tru
e
if you're running logrotate.
HTH,
Neil.
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