sudo -i . /etc/apache2/envvars; apache2 -X
clever, very clever.
Run apache in the forground on ubuntu
by
Reed O'Brien
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last modified
Nov 09, 2010 02:39 PM
since ubuntu renames the apache daemon binary from httpd to apache2 and requires sourcing the apache envvars it is not possible to start apache in the fg with httpd -X or apache2 -X
annoyingly you must do the following
sudo -i ; . /etc/apache2/envvars ; apache2 -X
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