webserver restart,

Does anyone know how to restart a web server after I make changes to the httpd.conf file? I have heard that you can write a shell script and then make a little C program that calls it and have the C program run setuid. I I was wondering if there is a better way and if there isn't is this insecure? Thanks Ken http://cleveland.lug.net/~rocket/ The answer is simple if you grant that ironies are like submarines; dangerous only when submerged.