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Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 11:03:33 +1000 (EST)
From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au>
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To: "Gene Harris (e-mail)" <geneh@tetronsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Odd log message starting httpd
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On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Gene Harris (e-mail) wrote:

> Whenever I attempt to start Apache from /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache.sh, I get
> the following error message in my messages log:
> httpd: /etc/spwd.db: Invalid argument
>
> In my httpd.conf file, I have user set to www and group set to www.
> User www
> Group www
>
> www exists in master.passwd and group.  Here is what I get when I enter the
> command manually:
> su-2.05a# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache.sh start
> httpd: bad user name nobody
> /usr/local/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started
>
> I thought I would parse the httpd.conf using the following command:
> su-2.05a# /usr/local/sbin/httpd -t
> httpd: bad user name nobody
>

'apachectl configtest' will give details on what is wrong...

> --
> Gene
>             Tetron Software, LLC
>         http://www.tetronsoftware.com
> FreeBSD  Apache  PostgreSQL  Perl gcc/g++
>    Visual C++ COM/DCOM/COM+ ActiveX
>

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        Andy Farkas
    System Administrator
   Speednet Communications
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