Description of problem: The httpd logrotate script uses SIGHUP rather than SIGUSR1 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): httpd-2.2.6-3 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. read /etc/logrotate.d/httpd 2. read /var/www/manual/stopping.html Actual results: Active httpd child connections abruptly terminated. Expected results: Active httpd child connections should continue to completion. Additional info: Creating new log files is not an urgent task that requires possibly active child connections to be abruptly terminated. Much better to use SIGUSR1 which will allow for graceful termination of child processes after completing any active request.
This greatly affects servers that serve a large number of HTTP connections. Log rotation in my case occurs at minimum hourly. The easiest fix is to modify httpd's init script to signal USR1 during reload.
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 221073 ***