Restarting apache from child?

[Maxim Nechaev <ne...@technodesign.ru>]

I need to restart or graceful restart apache server from one of his
child. It is possible? If yes, how to do this more correctly?

Thanks
Maxim Nechaev

Re: Restarting apache from child

[Scott Gifford <sg...@suspectclass.com>]

Maxim Nechaev <ne...@technodesign.ru> writes:

> Scott, thanks for response!
>
> SG> The main Apache process runs as root, and each Apache child process
> SG> runs as a less-privileged user, and so would not have permission to
> SG> signal the main process to tell it to reload.
>
> Ok i understand difficulty.
>
> Maybe exists a way to force apache reread or change it's current
> configuration with effecting on all other child's?

Not as far as I know.

----ScottG.

Re[2]: Restarting apache from child

[Maxim Nechaev <ne...@technodesign.ru>]

Scott, thanks for response!

SG> The main Apache process runs as root, and each Apache child process
SG> runs as a less-privileged user, and so would not have permission to
SG> signal the main process to tell it to reload.

Ok i understand difficulty.

Maybe exists a way to force apache reread or change it's current
configuration with effecting on all other child's?


Maxim Nechaev

Re: Restarting apache from child?

[Scott Gifford <sg...@suspectclass.com>]

Maxim Nechaev <ne...@technodesign.ru> writes:

> I need to restart or graceful restart apache server from one of his
> child. It is possible? If yes, how to do this more correctly?

The main Apache process runs as root, and each Apache child process
runs as a less-privileged user, and so would not have permission to
signal the main process to tell it to reload.

You could use a conventional perl script (ie not mod_perl) which is
setuid root (though you'd need to be extraordinarily careful), or have
an external daemon running as root which accepted restart requests on
a UNIX socket, then have your script send these requests.

----ScottG.