Neil Schneider wrote: > Michael Lynch wrote: >>.. >> Also I am a newbie, I just barely have a "working" knowledge of Linux >> from a Unix class I take at school. > > Then I would recommend you spend some time looking at > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/ and learning about the configuration options to > Apache. Apache is almost as complex as a base Linux system. >
Not disputing the last statement, but Apache as packaged in any current distribution is almost universally runnable "out-of-the-box". That's why I asked one specific question that slipped through the cracks, so I'll re-ask here: > and I would also ask if you have done anything recently that might > affect apache. Why were you initially trying to restart -- did you > change some configuration item(s)? Install, upgrade, or remove something? > > Did apache ever work on that system? Also the experiment of editing httpd.conf to use Listen 8880 has a small chance of providing another clue. Aside to BG: telnet localhost 80 is certainly a useful test (like nmap). Another bag-o-tricks tool is lsof. Usage example # lsof -i | grep http is a nice one. Standing in the wings: # strace -o /tmp/strace.log service httpd start followed by painful examination of strace.log to see if there's a different explanation (error-code, maybe) for failure to open the socket. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
