>Number: 4910 >Category: os-windows >Synopsis: Unable to start Apache NT Service if document root is >configured to be on drive other than where Apache is installed >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Thu Aug 26 08:40:01 PDT 1999 >Last-Modified: >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: apache >Release: 1.3.6 >Environment: Windows NT 4.0 Server - Service Pack 5 >Description: I have installed Apache on drive e:, when I edit httpd.conf, changing the line 'DocumentRoot "e:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs"' to read 'DocumentRoot "f:/web"' and changing the corresponding '<Directory "e:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs">' to read '<Directory "f:/web">' and then stop the Apache NT Service, and attempt to restart it again, Apache times-out, doesn't restart, throws the error 'Could not start the Apache service on \\MYSERVER. Error 2186: The service is not responding to the control function.'. This does not occur if I change my document root (in the above two lines) to point to 'e:/web'. >How-To-Repeat: Install Apache to a given drive letter, install it as a service, attempt to configure document root to be a drive other than where Apache is installed, start/restart the service. >Fix: The simple workaround I'm using is to ensure the document root is on the same drive as Apache. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, you need] [to include <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the Cc line and make sure the] [subject line starts with the report component and number, with ] [or without any 'Re:' prefixes (such as "general/1098:" or ] ["Re: general/1098:"). If the subject doesn't match this ] [pattern, your message will be misfiled and ignored. The ] ["apbugs" address is not added to the Cc line of messages from ] [the database automatically because of the potential for mail ] [loops. If you do not include this Cc, your reply may be ig- ] [nored unless you are responding to an explicit request from a ] [developer. Reply only with text; DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS! ]
