Kill apache ... ?

[dbee]

I'm trying to kill my apache processes, mainly because I keep getting this

Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80

I go to ps -aux and I kill all the processes one by one

kill -9 <process_no>

only to run ps aux again and find that all the processes are still their under a different pid ???

[herrpoon]

Try

ps ax | grep apache

Worked for me!

[hav0x]

sudo /etc/init.d/apache stop

or

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop

[LordHunter317]

You have to kill the parent apache process to stop the children. Otherwise, they'll be respawned.

You should always use the daemon shutdown script or command, wherever possible.

Finally, kill -9 is a last resort and shouldn't be normally used.