[EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start -RESOLVED, THANKS!

2006-01-25 Thread Kermit Short
Kermit Short System Administrator CCN-DC-1 D-Div ph: 7-6360 pg: 4-5165 em: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Joost de Heer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 10:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; users@httpd.apache.org Subject: I'm having trouble getting

RE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start

2006-01-24 Thread Kermit Short
Title: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start Gary- Wow! Indeed, somehow SELinux was enabled. Ive disabled it in the config file, but knowing nothing about SELinux, I dont know what else I need to doyour input is gratefully welcomed!! Thanks

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start

2006-01-24 Thread Gary W. Smith
Title: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start Kermit, Unforuntately I dont run selinux but we choose it once for a server build and nothing worked right. When we did disabled it then everything magically worked. I guess there are some settings

RE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start

2006-01-24 Thread Kermit Short
Title: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start Gary- I set the config file to disable SELinux entirely, rebooted the server, and the daemon now launches. If youre ever in New Mexico, look me up, I OWE YOU LUNCH!! Thanks a million!! Kermit Short

[EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start

2006-01-23 Thread Kermit Short
Im having trouble getting the HTTPD process to kick off. I receive an error message when trying to start the daemon SYSV style (using the init.d startup script): httpd: bad user name apache. I have searched and searched, cant find a thing. Ive re-installed the RPMs from the original

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start

2006-01-23 Thread httpd2
: Kermit Short [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start I'm having trouble getting the HTTPD process to kick off. I receive an error message when trying to start the daemon SYSV style (using the init.d startup script): httpd

RE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start

2006-01-23 Thread Kermit Short
, Kermit Short wrote: To: users@httpd.apache.org From: Kermit Short [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start I'm having trouble getting the HTTPD process to kick off. I receive an error message when trying to start the daemon SYSV

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start

2006-01-23 Thread Gary W. Smith
2006, Kermit Short wrote: To: users@httpd.apache.org From: Kermit Short [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start I'm having trouble getting the HTTPD process to kick off. I receive an error message when trying to start the daemon

[EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start

2006-01-23 Thread Kermit Short
Thanks to Gary and Keith for their input! Indeed, RHEL 4 did create the apache accounts. In an attempt to verify that the accounts were not created improperly, I manually created another non-administrative account and attempted to launch the daemon under that identity. Both attempts failed

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start

2006-01-23 Thread Gary W. Smith
Title: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start Kermit, You dont lunch it under the non-privileged account. You luanch it under root and then Apache will change the thread to run under the user your specify under the configuration file. As mentioned

RE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start

2006-01-23 Thread Kermit Short
Title: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache 2.0 on RedHat EL 4 - httpd process will not start Gary- I understand. Im not logging in as these users. What I meant by saying that I attempted to run apache as the users apache and www-data, was that I specified those usernames in the httpd.conf file