Before you make any changes to the configuration file, you must stop the apache service otherwise you won't be able to save your changes. Then when the changes are made and the file is saved, you need to start the apache service for all changes to take effect. Hope this helps. sunhux G wrote: > After making changes to httpd.conf, can I just issue > > 1) "kill -HUP httpd_instance_pid" for the change to take effect or > 2) "service httpd reload" or > 3) "service httpd restart" > > Select one or more of the above correct options > > > Thanks > Sun > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx