The runscript for apache/apache2 shuts down apache using apachectl stop in background mode "&>/dev/null". Thus resulting in a "unable to bind" error when issuing the "restart" parameter if the webserver is not yet finished shutting down completely due to some pending connections/requests. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Issue "/etc/init.d/apache2 restart" when http-server is under heavy load or on a slow machine. Actual Results: Stopping apache2... Starting apache2... (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could nor bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 no listening sockets available, shutting down Unable to open logs Expected Results: Server should shut down cleanly and restart without "can't bind"-error. Stopping apache2... Starting apache2... Modify the runscript line in /etc/init.d/apache2 which says: /usr/sbin/apache2ctl stop &>/dev/null to /usr/sbin/apache2ctl stop >/dev/null (same for version 1 of apache) Result: "/etc/init.d/apache2 restart" works correctly, without "can't bind"-error on slow or heavy loaded machines.
fixed, thank you!
