On 2005-10-21T00:49+0100 Paul Martin wrote: > On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 12:04:24PM +1000, Kai Hendry wrote: > > I don't understand why there is a need to restart the server in a > > postrotate using apache2 as an example. > > Could you or rather docs explain this better? :) > > I noticed this on RH machine for example: > > postrotate > > /bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/httpd.pid 2>/dev/null` 2> /dev/null || > > true > You'll have to ask the apache maintainer about this. The individual > /etc/logrotate.d/ scripts are provided with the package requesting the > rotation.
I posted to a RH list and I got quite a good response: https://www.redhat.com/archives/nahant-list/2005-October/msg00246.html I discovered a HUP signal causes Apache just to reload the configs. https://www.redhat.com/archives/nahant-list/2005-October/msg00253.html Though in Debian Unstable's /etc/logrotate.d/apache2 it actually does a *restart* not a kill -HUP. Which in /etc/init.d/apache2 issues a restart which actually stops the server. Is that a bug? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
