Hi Ive just found that httpd has failed on one of my servers and wont restart. I keep getting this message Not very helpfull. I didnt do anything to cause it to fail but I cant sus out why it wont restart. Anyone got any ideas? Cheers Chriz
while i won't be able to help you myself directly i know for sure that above details are far insufficient for anyone to possibly help you need to be more precise what operating system ( exactly !!) what apache version exactly = apache 2.0 or 1.3.x ?? linux = what dist, what version exactly kernel version did you do any update or restore from backup just BEFORE error occurred did you make any other changes - EVEN "minor changes" like machine change, HDD change (restore), IP change, hostname change ?? is it on your local machine or on a remote machine if remote machine = do you have exact same OS on your local machine for sys-admin work ?? do you monitor error messages ? something like tail -f 50 /var/log/apache2/error_log tail -f 50 /var/log/warn tail -f 50 /var/log/messages with same syntax ( adap the path of course ) you can live monitor in your SSH shell ( bash ?) all errors that occur and fine FAR more detailed error messages than the one you have above in the VERY worst of all cases UNisntall apache make a updatedb re-install from scratch appache final tip for future it REALLY helps if you have locally exactly same OS incl sub-version as you have online! I do myself - both sides online and offline suse/novell linux 10.1 all identical except offline local machine larger install than online server good luck - I am sure someone HERE in DP forum will be able to help - just a matter of minutes or hours
You need to restart it manually... I hope below link will help you. http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/ref-guide/s1-apache-startstop.html
No shit sherlock. I did point out that every time i restart it it fails. ive run httpd configtest and found its due to a bad username but cant find it to delete it!
we stilll are missing ANY of the needed details to help !!! if you login via SSH and enter the apache start command manually in your shell WHILE monitoring all a.m. error logs - then you get more detailed feedback having to GUESS the detaills needed rather than getting them from you is a waste of time !! there are different procedures depending on your OS and connection to th esrver.