Apache starts automatically, I am confused.

[wokick]

My apache server always starts automatically.

I stopped the server by

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/etc/init.d/apache stop, 

and go out for one or two hours. After I came back, looked at the system process by

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ps ax

I see 4 apache processes were running.

I tried to shut it down again by

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/etc/init.d/apache stop

However, the system told me that

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 the http service hasn't been started yet

OK. Then I tried

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/etc/init.d/apache start

The system told me

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The http service already started

I am so confused.

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apache-2.0.54-r14
 +apache2 -debug -doc -ldap -mpm-leader -mpm-peruser -mpm-prefork -mpm-threadpool -mpm-worker -no-suexec (-selinux) +ssl -static-modules -threads

[John5788]

maybe try,
# apachectl stop

[wjholden]

This might not be helpful, but I do recall there being a

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/etc/init.d/apache2 zap

to forcefully kill it. I'd say go through your /var/log/apache2/error_log and see if it's segfaulting or something.

[christsong84]

This might not be helpful, but I do recall there being a

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/etc/init.d/apache2 zap

to forcefully kill it. I'd say go through your /var/log/apache2/error_log and see if it's segfaulting or something.

zap for any service in init.d is to reset the status...e.g. if the service died but it didn't realize it.