It is normal behavior that the apache processes stay around until they have finished processing the currently active requests (since we are using graceful-stop). Normally you should just be able to start apache again even before all processes are dead. Is this not the case for you? What error message do you get?
-- apache2 startup script fails to stop apache2 at times. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/235809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to apache2 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs