Commit 63cea2ed authored by Joshua Slive's avatar Joshua Slive
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Add a little more detail on starting Apache for the benefit of beginners. 


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docs/manual/invoking.html

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A shell script called <code>apachectl</code> is provided which

can be used to control the daemon process.  This shell script

can often be used as an init script to start <code>httpd</code>

on system boot, or it can be called directly with the following

options.</p>

on system boot, or it can be called directly with the options

listed below.</p>



<p>If the <a href="mod/core.html#port">Port</a> specified in the

configuration file is the default of 80, then it is necessary to have

root privileges in order to start apache.  If Apache will not start

and no error messages are printed to the console, be sure to check the

<a href="mod/core.html#errorlog">ErrorLog</a> for a report of

the problem.  See also the debugging instructions outlined in

the Apache <a href="misc/FAQ.html">FAQ</a>.</p>



<h2>apachectl Command Line Options</h2>

docs/manual/invoking.html.en

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A shell script called <code>apachectl</code> is provided which

can be used to control the daemon process.  This shell script

can often be used as an init script to start <code>httpd</code>

on system boot, or it can be called directly with the following

options.</p>

on system boot, or it can be called directly with the options

listed below.</p>



<p>If the <a href="mod/core.html#port">Port</a> specified in the

configuration file is the default of 80, then it is necessary to have

root privileges in order to start apache.  If Apache will not start

and no error messages are printed to the console, be sure to check the

<a href="mod/core.html#errorlog">ErrorLog</a> for a report of

the problem.  See also the debugging instructions outlined in

the Apache <a href="misc/FAQ.html">FAQ</a>.</p>



<h2>apachectl Command Line Options</h2>