----------------------------- Please read the FAQ! <http://java.apache.org/faq/> ----------------------------- jon * wrote: > "Make sure that your permissions are set properly on your log files so that > the userid that the httpd runs under can write to them." > > Sigh, I'm not quite sure how that wasn't clear. > > -jon Actually, the instructions are just fine - I saw what you quote, too. The dropped ball is that when I (& presumably Alex et. al.) made a mistake (in this case, not specifying the log.file param properly, if at all), the logs were silent rather than showing an error, making it all but impossible to work backward to the right instruction. I was able to figure it out because I had a prior functional install on another box that I could compare to. This is much like the problem manual writers always have: if you know what command to look up in the index, you probably wouldn't need the manual in the first place. Coming up with cross-reference tool that anticipates what the user *thinks* it should be called is, as the physicists say, non-trivial. Given that it's unclear where the message belongs (org.apache.jserv.JServ or mod_jserv, given that the prior's log file is not yet open) it may be difficult to get a meaningful message in this case. After all, where would the daemon that is in the process of starting up put the message? The log file in question is where that message belongs! Probably the solution is still more entries in the FAQ, specifying this particular problem: If you do specify a "log.file" & make sure it is writable by the running process, the org.apache.jserv.JServ will not be able to start up and will not be listening on 8007 for requests. There will be little or no indication of this state of affairs in the log file, so be careful! (Hint: the first error you will get in this situation is "(EMERGENCY) ajp11: can not connect to host 127.0.0.1:8007" when you try to hit a servlet) - mike -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Please read the FAQ! <http://java.apache.org/faq/> To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives and Other: <http://java.apache.org/main/mail.html> Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
