SSL breaks when httpd is restarted

[Ord]

Since upgrading open SSL to 0.9.8g and making the latest custombuild SSL connections stop working any time directadmin restarts the apache server.

A manual restart using
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
fixes the problem and all the SSL sites start working again.

After a restart or reload via directadmin, the errors that appear in the log are:
[20/Feb/2008 10:39:13 21688] [error] SSL handshake failed (server www.madexperts.com:443, client 74.59.28.3) (OpenSSL library error follows)
[20/Feb/2008 10:39:13 21688] [error] OpenSSL: error:140760FC:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_CLIENT_HELLO:unknown protocol [Hint: speaking not SSL to HTTPS port!?]

The messages that appear in the log are exactly the same whether it was restarted by directadmin or by command line:
[Wed Feb 20 10:39:44 2008] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Wed Feb 20 10:39:44 2008] [notice] mod_security/1.9.3 configured
[Wed Feb 20 10:39:44 2008] [warn] module php4_module is already loaded, skipping
[Wed Feb 20 10:39:44 2008] [warn] module perl_module is already loaded, skipping
[Wed Feb 20 10:39:44 2008] [notice] Apache/1.3.41 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.8.31 OpenSSL/0.9.8g PHP/4.4.8 mod_perl/1.29 FrontPage/5.0.2.2510 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Wed Feb 20 10:39:44 2008] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)
[Wed Feb 20 10:39:44 2008] [notice] Accept mutex: sysvsem (Default: sysvsem)

 

[Ord]

If nothing else, can someone explain to me the exact mechanism that directadmin uses to restart or reload the apache server?

Any time a user makes any change to their web setup and directadmin reloads it, all the SSL sites hosted on that machine stop working and I need to log in via ssh to restart apache manually.

Thanks,
Ord

 

[nobaloney]

I'm not sure whether DirectAdmin uses apachectl or not; you might want to ask DirectAdmin staff.

Jeff