On 19.06.2011, at 23:00, DW wrote: > 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 > > 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. Wrong. The OP is obviously on some unix-like platform (Linux most likely), and there is no locking on the config file. Edit, and then a graceful restart should be sufficient AFAIK. Most distribution do that with the "reload" argument of the init script. Rainer --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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