Folks Here's hoping I have not overlooked the obvious...
What follows is a report on trying to use ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/other/Apache2.tar.gz -----><8----- Environment =========== WinNT 4 Sp 6a File: D:\Apache2\manual\platform\windows.html ============================================= Comments: 1) The reference to access.conf is presumably obsolete 2) The section Running Apache for Windows as a Service does not say whether or not the service needs to be started after having been installed. I think that would help beginners File: D:\Apache2\blib\lib\Apache2.pm ==================================== Comments: 1) This file contains the trivial bug in that the dir is specified twice Command: apache -V output contains: -D APACHE_MPM_DIR="server/mpm/winnt" and this dir does not exist. Is this important? I assume not Starting ======== I can't get Apache to start with options. I have not edited any files whatsoever. Here's a cut-and-paste from a DOS window: D:\APACHE2>bin\Apache -k start [Thu Jan 03 11:33:45 2002] [error] (22502)The system cannot find the file specif ied. : No installed service named "Apache2". D:\APACHE2>bin\Apache -k install Using D:\Apache2/blib Installing the Apache2 service The Apache2 service is successfully installed. D:\APACHE2>bin\Apache -k start Using D:\Apache2/blib Starting the Apache2 service [Thu Jan 03 11:33:55 2002] [crit] (22703)The system could not find the environme nt option that was entered. : Apache2: Failed to start the service process. D:\APACHE2>bin\Apache Using D:\Apache2/blib Using D:\Apache2/blib D:\APACHE2>bin\Apache -k uninstall Removing the Apache2 service The Apache2 service has been removed successfully. Comments: 1) Note the 2 spaces after 'environment' in the error message after bin\Apache -k start. Is something meant to appear there? 2) It's not at all obvious that Apache only starts with no command line options 3) If I try this in another DOS window while Apache is running I get a message I find hard to believe: D:\APACHE2>bin\apache -k stop The Apache2 service is not started. 4) Only 1 Using statement is necessary Scripts ======= I can get http://127.0.0.1/ to work. I can get hello to work with http://127.0.0.1/hello. I can get d:/apache/cgi-bin/test.bat to work with http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/test-cgi.bat. But, if I patch the she-bang line of d:/apache/cgi-bin/printenv.pl and then try http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/printenv.pl, I get: Server error! Error message: couldn't create child process: 22502: D:/Apache2/cgi-bin/printenv.pl If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster Error 500 127.0.0.1 03/01/02 12:15:29 Apache/2.0.30-dev (Win32) mod_perl/1.99_01-dev Perl/v5.6.1 The log says (2 msgs for every try): [Thu Jan 03 12:15:29 2002] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (22502)The system cannot find the file specified. : couldn't create child process: 22502: D:/Apache2/cgi-bin/printenv.pl [Thu Jan 03 12:15:29 2002] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (22502)The system cannot find the file specified. : couldn't spawn child process: D:/Apache2/cgi-bin/printenv.pl Changing line 448 of httpd.conf from Options None to either Options ExecCGI or Options +ExecCGI did not get printenv.pl running either. I used ^C to stop and restarted the server after each edit. BSOD ==== Try starting Apache as a service, twice, with the same (default) name, in 2 DOS windows. This should not be possible, surely. -----><8----- Cheers Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html
