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. -- Neil Hillard neil.hillard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx AgustaWestland http://www.whl.co.uk/ Disclaimer: This message does not necessarily reflect the views of Westland Helicopters Ltd. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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