Apache question

[balanga]

Just a simple question....

How does Apache find its httpd.conf on FreeBSD?

 

[gkontos]

It is passed as a variable in the rc.d startup script.

 

[balanga]

I guessed that would be the case, but my reading of shell scripts is less than ideal so couldn't figure out exactly how.

I believe the startup script is /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache24 and I see

required_files=/usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf

but don't see where this is passed as a parameter to apache.

I know it must be there, I just can't see where.

 

[Maxnix]

It is at this line:

apache24_flags="-f ${apache24_configfile} -c \"PidFile ${pidfile}\" ${apache24_flags}"

How stated in httpd(8):

-f config
Uses the directives in the file config on startup. If config
does not begin with a /, then it is taken to be a path relative
to the ServerRoot. The default is conf/httpd.conf.