[webizen]

httpd process is lscgid (in bold) which is part of lsws process and it confuses /etc/init.d/httpd script. IOW, this is not an issue. httpd in your case is NOT for Apache but for LSWS. service httpd status only show status of httpd (lscgid not Apache httpd).

See more discussion about httpd(lscgid)at http://www.litespeedtech.com/support...ead.php?t=2574

[root@node1 ~]# ps -ef| grep http
249 250514 73478 0 19:42 ? 00:00:00 /home/interworx/bin/iworx-web -f /home/interworx/etc/httpd/httpd.conf -DSSL
root 439360 1 0 23:39 ? 00:00:00 litespeed (lshttpd)
apache 439363 439360 0 23:39 ? 00:00:00 litespeed (lshttpd)
root 440325 1 3 23:42 ? 00:00:00 litespeed (lshttpd)
root 440326 440325 0 23:42 ? 00:00:00 httpd (lscgid)
apache 440339 440325 0 23:42 ? 00:00:00 litespeed (lshttpd)
apache 440341 440325 0 23:42 ? 00:00:00 litespeed (lshttpd)
root 440841 440085 7 23:42 ? 00:00:00 /home/interworx/bin/php -c /home/interworx/etc httpd.php --dump-vhosts
root 440844 436502 0 23:42 pts/1 00:00:00 grep http