From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 9 12:51: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B9B71506A for ; Thu, 9 Sep 1999 12:51:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Thu, 9 Sep 1999 15:49:51 -0400 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105C3B@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: "'charon@freethought.org'" , questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: problems starting apache Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 15:40:29 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Try checking the log files for exactly what is happening /var/log/apache.log -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: charon@freethought.org [SMTP:charon@freethought.org] > Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 8:04 AM > To: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: problems starting apache > > I know almost nothing about apache, but decided that I wanted to learn, so > I installed apache 1.3.9 via the port. I then tried > '/usr/local/sbin/apachectl start' but got a ServerName error - the apache > FAQ said that I needed to add a ServerName, so I uncommented an entry in > httpd.conf - 'ServerName localhost'. I then tried > '/usr/local/sbin/apachectl start' again, but simply got the error message > "/usr/local/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started". > > This is a rather unhelpful error message, and I didn't see anything in > apache.org's sketchy manuals to help... the apachectl man page is simlarly > devoid of useful info. In case it helps, '/usr/local/sbin/apachectl > configtest' replies "Syntax OK", and 'ping locahost' works nice and dandy. > Any ideas from those httpd experts out there would be greatly appreciated. > > > > -Charon > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message