Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:31:40 +0100 From: Frank Staals <frankstaals@gmx.net> To: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> Cc: snarmont@wnec.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: httpd could not be started Message-ID: <43C8001C.8000001@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <43C7FC45.1020907@scls.lib.wi.us> References: <17821403.1137174943074.JavaMail.root@m11> <43C7F032.3020109@scls.lib.wi.us> <43C7F609.3010607@gmx.net> <43C7FC45.1020907@scls.lib.wi.us>
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Greg Barniskis wrote: > 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. > > If I recall correctly you can only start the services in /etc/rc.d/ if you have them in /etc/rc.conf with '/etc/rc.d/<service-name> start'. ( But off-course there is a way to start them without adding them to rc.conf : '/etc/rc.d/<service-name> forcestart' ). You must have mixed up the two ( /etc/rc.d/ and /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ ) -- -Frank Staals
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