-----Original Message----- From: Scott Gifford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 11:54 AM To: Maxim Nechaev Cc: modperl@perl.apache.org Subject: Re: Restarting apache from child?
Maxim Nechaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. Scripts such as perl or ksh do not become root with setuid. They really do not get the same privilege. Setuid to root works ok with a compiled executable. Abhay
