You probably have envvars set by your init scripts to define a bunch of variables used in <ifDefine> sections in your conf. On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 10:26 PM, David Aronchick <aronchick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thank you, this is very helpful! Is there any way to get an output of all > the items on the command line ultimately used by apachectl? For example, > when I do the following, it fails - I assume I'm missing something. > > $ source /etc/apache2/envvars > $ /usr/sbin/apache2 -f /etc/apache2/sites-available/rails.conf -DFOREGROUND > -DNO_DETACH > AH00534: apache2: Configuration error: No MPM loaded. > > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Kurtis Rader <krader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 3:55 PM, David Aronchick <aronchick@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> Is it possible (or inadvisable) to run apache using the /usr/sbin/apache >>> binary directly? Is there any significant production issues that might >>> arise? >> >> >> Run the binary directly as opposed to what? If you mean via apachectl or a >> /etc/init.d script all they do is invoke the httpd binary directly the the >> appropriate arguments (e.g., converting "configtest" into "-k"). On UNIX >> systems there really isn't any difference as far as the kernel is concerned >> whether you're running a script or a binary. If you choose to invoke the >> httpd binary directly without the aid of a wrapper script it simply becomes >> your responsibility to pass all necessary and appropriate arguments; e.g., >> -f to specify where the config file can be found. >> >> -- >> Kurtis Rader >> Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank > > -- Eric Covener covener@xxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx