On Redhat do

#/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop
(use `/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start` to start it back up...)

or just

#killall httpd

However, you said that it starts when someone connects. I haven't heard of too
many people doing this, but it sounds like you start it from inetd or xinetd. If
so shutdown xinetd and then killall httpd instances. Do a `ps ax|less` to see
what processes are running.

-Jeremy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net
> [mailto:owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Seth Dimbert
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 2:37 PM
> To: KCLUG (E-mail)
> Subject: FrontPage Extension Install
>
>
> It's my day for questions, I guess. :)
>
> I downloaded MS's FrontPage Extensions installer and am following the
> directions from their webpage. But, when I tell the install script that my
> http daemon is at /usr/sbin/httpd, it tells me:
>
> |Upgrading FrontPage Webs...
> |cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/sbin/httpd': Text file busy
> |
> |ERROR:  Unable to copy  to /usr/sbin/httpd
> |ERROR:  Unable to upgrade Apache daemon!
> |
> |Exiting due to an error!  Please fix the error and try again.
>
> The "Text file busy" makes me wonder: I've got httpd set to start up
> whenever someone calls for a webpage from the box... do I need to shut it
> down? If so, how? It starts up when the Linux boots.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> -SD
>
>
>