Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 11:04:32 -0600 (CST) From: Jonathan Fosburgh <wotan@fosburgh.dyndns.org> To: Ho Seng Yip <hsengyip@singnet.com.sg> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Could Not Start Apache on FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904021102090.5539-100000@fosburgh.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <006701be7d29$8858ba80$91a915a5@oasis>
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On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Ho Seng Yip wrote: > Hi, > > I have just installed 'apache-1.3.4' (if I remembered correctly), and have > configured the configuration files, setting the 'ServerHost' directive to > 127.0.0.1 in one of the files. > > When I tried starting the server with '/usr/local/sbin/apachectl start', it > gives me the error message, '/usr/local/sbin/apachectl start : httpd could > not be started'. For your information, httpd is located at > '/usr/local/sbin/httpd' and it can be executed manually without any errors. > > Does anyone have any suggestions on troubleshooting the problem ? > > Thanks. > > Regards, > Seng Yip > For some reason, this port of apache wants to look in /usr/local/etc/apache/etc/apache for all of its files. I unsucessfully attempted to use the command line options to fix this, so here is what i did. mkdir /usr/local/etc/apache/etc ln -s /usr/local/etc/apache /usr/local/etc/apache/etc/apache This works, though I realize this is less than an ideal solution. If anyone has further suggestions, I am open. :) Jonathan Fosburgh Geotechnician Snyder Oil Corporation Houston, TX Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498 Manager, FreeBSD Webring: http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498/computer/freebsdring.html ICQ: 32742908 AIM: Namthorien To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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