[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/bin]#
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/bin]# ./apachectl stop
(20014)Internal error: Error retrieving pid file logs/httpd.pid
Remove it before continuing if it is corrupted.
you have mail in /usr/spool/mail/root
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/bin]# 
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/bin]# cd ../logs
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]# 
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]# ls -al
total 48
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     system         4096 Apr 17 13:57 ./
drwxr-xr-x   24 root     system         4096 Aug 22 2013  ../
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system          878 Aug 22 2013  access_log
srwx------    1 nobody   nobody            0 Aug 24 2013  adminSocket=
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system          810 Aug 24 2013  admin_access_log
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system         1264 Feb 20 2014  admin_error.log
srwx------    1 nobody   system            0 Apr 17 09:44 cgisock.2752728=
srwx------    1 nobody   system            0 Nov  3 2014  cgisock.5767356=
srwx------    1 nobody   system            0 Apr 17 13:57 cgisock.6291680=
srwx------    1 nobody   system            0 Oct 23 2014  cgisock.6357140=
srwx------    1 nobody   system            0 Oct 20 2014  cgisock.6619370=
srwx------    1 nobody   system            0 Sep 27 2016  cgisock.8650846=
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system         2587 Aug 22 2013  error_log
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system            0 Apr 17 13:57 httpd.pid
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     system          256 Aug 22 2013  install/
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]# 
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(system) groups=2(bin),3(sys),7(security),8(cron),10(audit),11(lp),205(idsldap)
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]# 
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]# vi httpd.pid
"httpd.pid"

~
~
~
~
~
:q!
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]# 
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]# cp -p httpd.pid httpd.pid.org
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]# 
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]# ps -ef | grep httpd
    root  6291680        1   0   Apr 17      -  3:24 /was/IBM/HTTPServer/bin/httpd -d /was/IBM/HTTPServer -k start
  nobody  7405588  6291680   0   Apr 17      -  0:00 /was/IBM/HTTPServer/bin/httpd -d /was/IBM/HTTPServer -k start
  nobody  7798806  6291680   0   Apr 17      - 272:52 /was/IBM/HTTPServer/bin/httpd -d /was/IBM/HTTPServer -k start
    root  8061036  6881342   0 00:15:40  pts/2  0:00 grep httpd
  nobody  8192054  6291680   0   Apr 17      - 19:23 /was/IBM/HTTPServer/bin/httpd -d /was/IBM/HTTPServer -k start
  nobody  9240602  6291680   0   Jun 05      - 162:54 /was/IBM/HTTPServer/bin/httpd -d /was/IBM/HTTPServer -k start
  nobody 10289310  6291680   0   Apr 17      - 274:26 /was/IBM/HTTPServer/bin/httpd -d /was/IBM/HTTPServer -k start
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]# 
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]# 
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]# vi httpd.pid
"httpd.pid"
6291680
~
~
~
~
~
"httpd.pid" 1 line, 8 characters
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]# 
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]# ls -al
total 56
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     system         4096 Sep 20 05:36 ./
drwxr-xr-x   24 root     system         4096 Aug 22 2013  ../
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system          878 Aug 22 2013  access_log
srwx------    1 nobody   nobody            0 Aug 24 2013  adminSocket=
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system          810 Aug 24 2013  admin_access_log
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system         1264 Feb 20 2014  admin_error.log
srwx------    1 nobody   system            0 Apr 17 09:44 cgisock.2752728=
srwx------    1 nobody   system            0 Nov  3 2014  cgisock.5767356=
srwx------    1 nobody   system            0 Oct 23 2014  cgisock.6357140=
srwx------    1 nobody   system            0 Oct 20 2014  cgisock.6619370=
srwx------    1 nobody   system            0 Sep 20 05:36 cgisock.7733266=
srwx------    1 nobody   system            0 Sep 27 2016  cgisock.8650846=
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system         2587 Aug 22 2013  error_log
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system            8 Sep 20 05:36 httpd.pid
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system            0 Apr 17 13:57 httpd.pid.org
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     system          256 Aug 22 2013  install/
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]#
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/logs]# cd ../bin
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/bin]#
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/bin]# ./apachectl stop
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/bin]#
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/bin]# ps -ef | grep httpd
    root  7405590  6881342   0 00:16:09  pts/2  0:00 grep httpd
[devwas:root:/was/IBM/HTTPServer/bin]#