Re: Doing system things with PHP

Hi ! there is no way to apply a config file to apache without restarting the webserver.... the only way I know (which really does not mean that it is the only one !), is to use the command "apachctl" or "httpd". But those command need to be launched as root, I think (try to login as root, then to a "su nobody", and try to launch apache like this. If it works, then a simple exec("apachctl restart") should be enough, check the syntax of exec() there : http://www.php.net/exec ). If you need to be root to start apache, then you'll need to either build a script that changes user to root, and lauches "apachectl restart" once logged ( try the "sudo" command in your shell, it is available in any linux distribution, or try freshmeat.net ), or use the setuid bit so that any user can start httpd with root provilege (which would work but wouldn't be recommende. "man chmod" to know more about this). regards Eric "Liam Mackenzie" <phplist@operationenigma.com> a écrit dans le message de news: 008f01c24c98$895404c0$0e00a8c0@luke... > Hey all, > > I need to restart apache using PHP. Is this possible? > Or, ar least apply a modified config file... > > PHP is running as nobody:nobody as is Apache. > > Thanks, > Liam > > >