== The sysadmin's life

A one-line addition to _httpd.conf_: 30 seconds.

Restarting Apache: 30 seconds.

Making sure that the addition was the right thing to do to an old
version of Apache and wouldn't kill the server: ~~much longer~~.

(And of course the much longer doesn't look too much like work, and
doesn't entirely *feel* like work.)

=== And more of the sysadmin's life:

Accidentally using _kill -USR2_ instead of _kill -USR1_ to gracefully
restart the Apache server: priceless. Whoops.

Trying to find exactly where Apache gets started on boot, to restart
it with the right arguments, and being unable to do so: nerve-wracking.

Discovering that the machine is actually running Solaris 8 instead
of Solaris 9: twitch-inducing. (So much for installing the Solaris 9
recommended patch set during this unexpected downtime.)

Discovering that the web server does not in fact get automatically
restarted on reboot, nor do a number of other things: ~~bad~~.

Discovering that the *hostname* changed on reboot, to 'test': ~~AUGH~~.
(It turns out that in Solaris 8, _/etc/nodename_ is what sets the host's
name. _/etc/hostname.<interface>_ is not.)

I think I have well and truly [[stubbed my toes|SysadminAphorism]]
today. On the flipside, I know somewhat more about magic Apache
things now, including useful bits like '_apachectl startssl_' as
the magic way of saying 'start Apache with SSL'.

(The management apologizes for this entry being somewhat less coherent
than usual. Chris had a little bit of a shock today.)