From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 13 19:15:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F06C816A41F for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:15:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9297F43D45 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:15:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from [172.26.2.238] ([172.26.2.238]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k0DJFHR4024229; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:15:17 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-ID: <43C7FC45.1020907@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:15:17 -0600 From: Greg Barniskis User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frank Staals References: <17821403.1137174943074.JavaMail.root@m11> <43C7F032.3020109@scls.lib.wi.us> <43C7F609.3010607@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <43C7F609.3010607@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: snarmont@wnec.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: httpd could not be started X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:15:21 -0000 Frank Staals wrote: > Greg Barniskis wrote: >> apache2_enable="YES" >> >> in your rc.conf? >> >> The need for this as well as the proper syntax should be noted in the >> file /usr/ports/www/apache2/pkg-msg. For any other port you install >> there's probably gold nuggets of info in its pkg-msg file. This stuff >> displays during the make install, but then so does several K of other >> info so it's not hard to miss these things. >> > In fact, it doesn't realy matter if you add apache_enable="YES" to > rc.conf ( since het installed apache13 adding apache2_enable="YES" would > be quite useless ... ) Duh. Sorry, the later line about him trying apache22 got stuck in my mind. > when you start it manually from commandline, > adding it to rc.conf is only usefull when you want to start apache from > boot, which can be quite usefull, but it can't be the reason why apache > wouldn't start. Oh. I was sure that I'd read in a previous thread that the lack of an enable flag would stop it from being started at all, but that must have been for a different port or in a different context. Anyway, thanks for the correction, always glad to have my misconceptions destroyed. -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) , (608) 266-6348