thanks for your kind response. It works now. i copied the original files to another directory modified the pid file and the port number to 8081.It restarted httpd with -f option.It worked. Thanks Again regards On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Eric Covener <covener@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 12:10 AM, ananth desh <ananth.desh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 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. > > Should be no problem there. If you're on a system that uses e.g. > Include .../ports.conf you can't do that in each copy of httpd.conf > > -- > 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