Date: 15 Aug 2003 19:01:50 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: GNorm <gnorm@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: invalid user 'www' Message-ID: <44vfsya5k1.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <AE029116-CF73-11D7-976E-003065A51656@mac.com> References: <AE029116-CF73-11D7-976E-003065A51656@mac.com>
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GNorm <gnorm@mac.com> writes: > I am having a problem with apache. When I try to start or restart > apache using apachectl i get the following message. > > Limits: invalid user 'www' > Usage: [a list of switches] > httpd: bad user name www > > When I do apachectl configtest I get the same message. > > I have looked at /etc/group, /etc/passwd, and /etc/master.passwd for > www. The user is there. Any help will be appreciated. Sounds like you don't have the database built properly. Edited the password file by hand, probably? Use pwd_mkdb(8) to rebuild it.
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