other/2804: corrupt httpd.conf causes unannounced exit on kill -1

[Malcolm Hutty <ma...@ivision.co.uk>]

>Number:         2804
>Category:       other
>Synopsis:       corrupt httpd.conf causes unannounced exit on kill -1
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Aug  7 05:30:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     malcolm@ivision.co.uk
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3
>Environment:
Bug tested to appear in 
FreeBSD flumps.ivision.co.uk 2.2.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE #0: Wed Jul 22 08:48:29 GMT 1998
  root@builder.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386
>Description:
If while Apache is running httpd.conf is edited to be syntatically incorrect
Apache will exit without any error logging.
>How-To-Repeat:
Run apache. Put garbage in httpd.conf. kill -1 apache-pid
>Fix:
Before restarting call `apachectl configtest` to test syntax of conf files. 
If syntax is wrong Log to syslog and/or STDERR. 
Then either exit or refuse to restart.
>Audit-Trail:
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