restarting apache: no apachectl?

[jnoreiko]

I'm RTFMing, and TFM says:

apachectl -k graceful
(at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/stopping.html)

But ubuntu says:

bash: apachectl: command not found


I've found on the forums I can do

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

but why doesn't it work as in the manual?

[jnoreiko]

It seems

sudo apache2ctl restart

works.

[esaym]

Its apache2ctl? Thank you!

[crouton]

FYI, it's useful to know the /etc/init.d/<program> nomenclature, as it's used for a wide variety of system services.

[MJN]

Indeed, use sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start|stop|restart as this is essentially an 'intelligent' frontend to apache2ctl. Whilst at the moment it doesn't do all that much extra in the future it could well do - best to get in the right habit now!

Mathew

[esaym]

FYI, it's useful to know the /etc/init.d/<program> nomenclature, as it's used for a wide variety of system services.


True. But can it do graceful reboots so it will not kill all the child procs?


apache2ctl -k graceful :p

[MJN]

Sure - sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

Mathew

[esaym]

Sure - sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

Mathew

....oohhhhhh:oops:

[MJN]

I'll concede that it's not necessarilly intuitive that this is what it does so you can be forgiven...

[balbir97]

I'll concede that it's not necessarilly intuitive that this is what it does so you can be forgiven...

hey thanks...u all even mine problem in apache got solved. :)