The following little script eliminates this and integrates httpd better into OSF/1 V3.0:
#!/sbin/sh
#
# Start httpd.
#
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
export PATH
#
NNTPSERVER=<your.news.server>
export NNTPSERVER
#
unset ftp_proxy
unset gopher_proxy
unset http_proxy
unset news_proxy
unset wais_proxy
umask 022
#
case "$1" in
'start')
echo "Starting HTTPD..."
/usr/local/www/httpd -r /etc/httpd.conf
;;
'stop')
echo "Shutting down HTTPD..."
# kill -9 `cat /usr/local/www/httpd-pid`
# Note: skill removes *all* httpd childen...
/usr/local/bin/skill -9 httpd
;;
*)
echo "usage: $0 {start|stop}"
;;
esac
#
When the script is put into /sbin/init.d/httpd and have
softlinks from /sbin/rc3.d/S97httpd and
/sbin/rc3.d/K02httpd - then httpd starts/stops nicely
integrated in the OSF/1 fashion, just like the DEC daemons does. "man
rc3" for more info. Note the setting/unsetting of critical variables. Also the setting of umask - httpd just uses whatever root had at start-time, annoying for log-files.