general/4805: Apache Server receives SIGUSR at 4 am sunday and a few times doesn't restart

[Dennis Schafroth <de...@schafroth.com>]

>Number:         4805
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       Apache Server receives SIGUSR at 4 am sunday and a few times doesn't restart
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jul 31 07:50:00 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     dennis@schafroth.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.6
>Environment:
Linux carl 2.0.34 #1 Fri May 8 16:05:57 EDT 1998 i486 unknown
32 MB RAM
gcc version 2.7.2.3
>Description:
The web server receives a SIGHUP at 4 am on sundays (is this configurable?). 
Sometimes the server doesn't start again. 
Cut from error_log, where the server is manually is started at 15:25:
[Sun Jun 20 04:02:39 1999] [notice] SIGHUP received.  Attempting to restart
[Sun Jun 20 04:02:40 1999] [notice] Apache/1.3.6 (Unix) configured -- resuming n
ormal operations
[Sun Jun 20 15:25:50 1999] [warn] pid file /usr/local/apache/logs/httpd.pid over
written -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Sun Jun 20 15:25:51 1999] [notice] Apache/1.3.6 (Unix) configured -- resuming n
ormal operations
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
A way to disable the SIGHUP send to the httpd.
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