Thanks Matus! I had enabled a different MPM module and included the extra/httpd-mpm.conf file. The PidFile directive was duplicated there. -----Original Message----- From: Matus UHLAR - fantomas [mailto:uhlar@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:15 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: PidFile directive is ignored On 23.01.09 17:48, Jorge Medina wrote: > I am specifying the PidFile directive but the PidFile always gets > created under (ServerRoot)/logs/ > > I get the same bahaviour in all platforms. > > I tried putting the PidFile directive just after the ServerRoot (in > case it needed to be specified as soon as ServerRoot is defined) but > same problem. It just gets ignored. > I am specifying the full path to the file: > > PidFile /opt/myapp/logs/apache/httpd.pid > > I tried surrounding it in quotes, but also gets ignored: > > PidFile "/opt/myapp/logs/apache/httpd.pid" > > I also verified that all directories are owned by root. What's in server logs? Can apache create pid file in that directory? Don't you have other PidFile directive in apache's config? -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uhlar@xxxxxxxxxxx ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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