problems restarting APACHE2 from PHP5

lucastic · 09-16-2007, 04:51 PM

Hi all -

Im having a strange problem.

I have a php script that uses
system("sudo ....

to call a script that works perfectly except when it gets to the last stage where it attempts to restart apache2 (/etc/init.d/apache2 restart)

When the script tries to restart apache it crashes apache, and I have to manually restart it from the command line.

I assume the problem is due to the fact that I am trying to restart apache from the apache user (www-user).

Anyone know how I can get around this problem?

Thanks in advance..

j-ray · 09-17-2007, 06:57 AM

take a look at
man sudo
maybe you can restart apache if it is not listening on port 80 but a port number>600 (or so). Higher port numbers are not restricted to be used by root only. Are you sure you want to enable a web user to restart the server?? Strange anyway ;-)

lucastic · 09-17-2007, 07:09 AM

Hi - Thanks.

However I have found mod_vhost_alias which does exactly what I wanted with less steps. It allows new virtual domains without restarting apache!