Is it nessercary to restart apache?

Is it nessercary to restart apache after making a virual host with a script.

I have a debian 3.1 server with coldfusion.

If yes, how to make a script to restart apache with a user without root rights.

THX so much

 

Apache does need a restart after any change such as adding a virtual host.
apachectl graceful should do the trick.
As for the root user problem maybe use sudo.

 

THX , that did the trick