Thank Eric & Davide, I have tried to start the httpd exec with the -f option , but i get errors 443 is already in use,But i have not mentioned in the conf file that port 443 is listening. Is there Anyway i can disable this. Also kindly clarify , i ahve only 1 ip address..can i run 2 or 3 different instances of apache (httpd ) with different port numbers. Thanks Ananth On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 3:20 AM, Eric Covener <covener@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Davide Bianchi <davide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> ananth desh wrote: >>> 2. copied the entire httpd directory to another directory /opt/www/httpd01, >>> 3. Modified the httpd.conf file in the new directory i,e >>> 5.Edited apachectl file and changed the HTTPD to point to the >>> /opt/ww/httpd01/httpd >> >> Yes. but that executable is still pointing to the default configuration >> file, if you want him to read a different one, you'll need to specify >> the right config file with the -c option. > > -f and/or -d are going to be the operative options. > > -- > 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