Thanks Eric :-) Can you please provide little more detail on this. Precisely, I want to run multiple httpd based on the httpd.conf supplied as start parameter. I want to start multiple virtual servers(apache2.2.8 on RHEL5.1) as different daemon so that I can start and stop them without affecting others. Idealy they should use different httpd.conf, the way it works on windows i.e. apache -k install -n "Service1" -f " C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf\httpd1.conf apache -k install -n "Service1" -f " C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf\httpd2.conf Any further help ? \Vinay -----Original Message----- From: Eric Covener [mailto:covener@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 7:30 PM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: RE:How to start apache daemon in apache 2.2.8 on RHEL 5.1 > I have installed apache2.2.8 on RHEL5.1. I would like to start > various apache daemon. Please help me in how to do that ? > I could do the same on windows with the following command : > > apache -k install -n "Service1" -f " C:\Program Files\Apache > Group\Apache2\conf\httpd1.conf" Install RedHat's httpd RPM and look at /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd -- Eric Covener covener@xxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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