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Chapter 13. Apache Configuration 135
request has been served, before it closes the connection. Once a request has been received,
the Connection Timeout value applies instead.
Setting the Persistent Connections to a high value may cause a server to slow down, de-
pending on how many users are trying to connect to it. The higher the number, the more
server processes waiting for another connection from the last client that connected to it.
13.6. Saving Your Settings
If you do not want to save your Apache configuration settings, click the Cancel button in
the bottom right corner of the Apache Configuration Tool window. You will be prompted to
confirm this decision. If you click Yes to confirm this choice, your settings will not be saved.
If you want to save your Apache configuration settings, click the OK button in the
bottom right corner of the Apache Configuration Tool window. The dialog window
shown in Figure 13-15 will appear. If you answer Yes, your settings will be saved in
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. Remember that your original configuration file will be
overwritten.
Figure 13-15. Save and Exit
If this is the first time that you have used the Apache Configuration Tool, you will see
the dialog window shown in Figure 13-16, warning you that the configuration file has
been manually modified. If the Apache Configuration Tool detects that the httpd.conf
configuration file has been manually modified, it will save the manually modified file as
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.bak.
Figure 13-16. Configuration File Manually Modified
Important
After saving your settings, you must restart the Apache daemon with the command service httpd
restart. You must be logged in as root to execute this command.