Starting And Stopping Httpd - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

Chapter 22. Apache HTTP Server
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22.2.2.4.9. The mod_authz_ldap Module
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ships with the mod_authz_ldap module for the Apache HTTP Server. This
module uses the short form of the distinguished name for a subject and the issuer of the client SSL
certificate to determine the distinguished name of the user within an LDAP directory. It is also capable
of authorizing users based on attributes of that user's LDAP directory entry, determining access to
assets based on the user and group privileges of the asset, and denying access for users with expired
passwords. The mod_ssl module is required when using the mod_authz_ldap module.
Important
The mod_authz_ldap module does not authenticate a user to an LDAP directory
using an encrypted password hash. This functionality is provided by the experimental
mod_auth_ldap module. Refer to the mod_auth_ldap module documentation online at
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_auth_ldap.html
module.
The /etc/httpd/conf.d/authz_ldap.conf file configures the mod_authz_ldap module.
Refer to /usr/share/doc/mod_authz_ldap-<version>/index.html (replacing <version>
with the version number of the package) or
configuring the mod_authz_ldap third party module.

22.3. Starting and Stopping httpd

After installing the httpd package, review the Apache HTTP Server's documentation available online
at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/.
The httpd RPM installs the /etc/init.d/httpd script, which can be accessed using the /sbin/
service command.
Starting httpd using the apachectl control script sets the environmental variables in /etc/
sysconfig/httpd and starts httpd. You can also set the environment variables using the init
script.
To start the server using the apachectl control script as root type:
apachectl start
You can also start httpd using /sbin/service httpd start. This starts httpd but does not set
the environment variables. If you are using the default Listen directive in httpd.conf, which is port
80, you will need to have root privileges to start the apache server.
To stop the server, as root type:
apachectl stop
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