Posted by Joe Estock on 10/24/05 19:30

black francis wrote:
> hello all,
>
> i`m trying to restart apache from php but have failed completely.
> has anyone sucesfully done it?
>
> i'm currently able to execute other unix commands from php adding the
> proper permissions to the sudo file but apache refuses to restart.
>
> here's the pseudo-script:
>
> <?php
> ...
> $output = shell_exec("/usr/sbin/httpd -k restart");
> exit;
> ?>
> (i tried /etc/init.d/httpd too but got the same results)
>
> here's the sudo file
>
> ...
> apache ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/php, /usr/sbin/useradd,
> /usr/sbin/chpasswd, /httpd/scr, /usr/sbin/httpd
> ...
>
> i'm using RH-ES, PHP4, Apache2 & selinux turned off
>
> best regards,
> cristián.
>
Have you tried apachectl?

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