Richard Booth
My httpd.error log is filling up everyday with the same message, example from Sunday below:
[Sun Mar 26 14:51:05 2000] [notice] Apache/1.3.9 (Unix) (SuSE/Linux) configured -- resuming normal operations [Sun Mar 26 14:51:05 2000] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec) [Sun Mar 26 15:09:14 2000] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
This means that your Apache web server was started at 14:51 and shut down about 18 minutes later.
What is SIGTERM?
SIGTERM is a signal that can be sent to processes to terminate them. E.g., this signal is used by many of the scripts in /etc/init.d to shut down services.
Anyway why do these messages appear
The Apache web server was started and shut down at the given times. Maybe that where the times you booted / shut down your machine?
is anything wrong and can I switch the messages off?
No, this are normal status messages, and as long as you use Apache you can't (and shouldn't) switch them off. But if you don't need a web server then you can set the variable START_HTTPD in /etc/rc.config to "no". Then Apache will not be started at boot time (and so you will not get the messages anymore). Eilert -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eilert Brinkmann -- Universitaet Bremen -- FB 3, Informatik eilert@informatik.uni-bremen.de - eilert@tzi.org - eilert@linuxfreak.com http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~eilert/ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/