>__terminal__ >[localhost:/applications/apache_1.3.19] aju% /usr/sbin/apachectl start >Processing config directory: /private/etc/httpd/users >[Mon Apr 16 23:02:25 2001] [alert] httpd: Could not determine the >server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName >fopen: Permission denied >httpd: could not open error log file /private/var/log/httpd/error_log. >/usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started >__termninal__ > >questions: >1) why wont it start (obvious) It looks like the permissions of the error_log are incorrect and that's why it won't open. Apache always spits out a little hello to the error_log whenever it starts - if the permissions aren't accurate (as per the "fopen: permission denied" line), then Apache won't start. >2) why is it trying 127.0.0.1? i havent configured this anywhere 127.0.0.1 is reserved ip address for your local machine. If you turn on your machine after a nice walk in the park, it's secretly known as 127.0.0.1 or localhost. Because you haven't configured Apache to use a FQDN (a fully qualified domain name, like disobey.com), it defaults to the reserved local address of 127.0.0.1 >3) how come i can create anything inside the directory >/private/var/log/httpd (let alone delete the directory), where the >error_log is supposed to reside? i am the sole administrator on this I assume you mean "can't". More than likely this is because you aren't root access - just because you're the sole administrator doesn't mean you get to go around and mess around with system specific files - you would need to be root to do so. Telling you how to turn on root is outside this email - do a search on macosxhints.com to figure it out. Morbus Iff .sig on other machine. http://www.disobey.com/ http://www.gamegrene.com/
