These settings are applicable to Redhat/ Fedora / CentOS and I am not aware if this holds good even on other Distros.
Important File / Folder Locations
- Location of HTTPD (Apache) Configuration File:
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf - Location of PHP Configuration File (php.ini):
/etc/php.ini
Service Related Information
Enabling / Disabling Services
The chkconfig command can be used for enabling / disabling services on Redhat based linux distributions.
EX: # chkconfig httpd –add
EX: # chkconfig httpd on
EX: # chkconfig –list httpd
EX: # chkconfig httpd of
EX: # chkconfig httpd –del
Starting / stopping / a service
service <service name> start/stop
EX: # service httpd stop
EX: # service httpd start