On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Ron Savage wrote: > 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
Hi Ron, That would be a suggestion for the Apache-2 developers ... > > 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 I'm not sure ... > > 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". As you noted next, the service has to be installed first ... > > 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. I don't know what would cause this ... The service started successfully on both my Win98 and Win2K machine - perhaps it's something to do with NT ... Would you happen to have another Apache2 binary installed before that had installed an "Apache2" service? What if you try installing a service by a different name than the "Apache2" default - is that any different? > > 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? It appears that way, but I've not seen that message before ... > > 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. The -k start/stop options appear to be specific to services ... > > 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. That option should be added for a script directory ... Do you have the shebang line as, eg, #!/Perl/bin/perl.exe (ie, with the .exe extension). The printenv.pl script, with this change, works for me; without the .exe extension, I get the error you noted ... > > BSOD ==== Try starting Apache as a service, twice, with the > same (default) name, in 2 DOS windows. This should not be > possible, surely. -----><8----- No, I wouldn't think so ... best regards, randy
