[simonmartin]

Hi,

For some reason Apache has spontaneously decided to strike...

When I try to start websharing from system prefs the button just grays out and teh thing spins its wheels indefinitely.

This is what I get in the terminal:

SimonMartins-Computer:~ simon$ apachectl start httpd
Processing config directory: /private/etc/httpd/users/*.conf
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/xxx.conf
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/xxx.conf
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/xxx.conf
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/xxx.conf
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/xxx.conf
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/simon.conf
[Thu Jun 9 20:18:00 2005] [warn] module php4_module is already loaded, skipping
fopen: Permission denied
httpd: could not open error log file /private/var/log/httpd/error_log.
/usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started
usage: /usr/sbin/apachectl (start|stop|restart|fullstatus|status|graceful|con figtest|help)

start - start httpd
stop - stop httpd
restart - restart httpd if running by sending a SIGHUP or start if
not running
fullstatus - dump a full status screen; requires lynx and mod_status enabled
status - dump a short status screen; requires lynx and mod_status enabled
graceful - do a graceful restart by sending a SIGUSR1 or start if not running
configtest - do a configuration syntax test
help - this screen

SimonMartins-Computer:~ simon$ apachectl configtest
Processing config directory: /private/etc/httpd/users/*.conf
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/xxx.conf
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/xxx.conf
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/xxx.conf
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/xxx.conf
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/xxx.conf
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/simon.conf
[Thu Jun 9 20:18:52 2005] [warn] module php4_module is already loaded, skipping
Syntax OK
SimonMartins-Computer:~ simon$

I have repaired permissions and the perms on /private/var/log/httpd/error_log are the same as another computer with no apache probs.

Can anyone get me past this?

Thanks!

Simon

[ctlq]

try 'sudo apachectl restart'

[simonmartin]

Originally Posted by ctlq

try 'sudo apachectl restart'

ctlq,

Thanks for your reply.

I thought I had tried this but I get:

Last login: Thu Jun 9 20:16:02 on ttyp1
Welcome to Darwin!
SimonMartins-Computer:~ simon$ sudo apachectl restart
Password:
/usr/sbin/apachectl restart: httpd not running, trying to start
Processing config directory: /private/etc/httpd/users/*.conf
<snip>
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/simon.conf
[Fri Jun 10 07:23:41 2005] [warn] module php4_module is already loaded, skipping
/usr/sbin/apachectl restart: httpd started
SimonMartins-Computer:~ simon$

But http://127.0.0.1 gives a connection refused.

I don't know what's going on...

?

I just repeated things and I'm still getting:

Last login: Thu Jun 9 20:16:02 on ttyp1
Welcome to Darwin!
SimonMartins-Computer:~ simon$ sudo apachectl restart
Password:
/usr/sbin/apachectl restart: httpd not running, trying to start
Processing config directory: /private/etc/httpd/users/*.conf
<snip>
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/simon.conf
[Fri Jun 10 07:23:41 2005] [warn] module php4_module is already loaded, skipping
/usr/sbin/apachectl restart: httpd started
SimonMartins-Computer:~ simon$ apachectl graceful
/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful: httpd not running, trying to start
Processing config directory: /private/etc/httpd/users/*.conf
<snip>
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/simon.conf
[Fri Jun 10 07:30:33 2005] [warn] module php4_module is already loaded, skipping
fopen: Permission denied
httpd: could not open error log file /private/var/log/httpd/error_log.
/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful: httpd could not be started
SimonMartins-Computer:~ simon$ apachectl restart
/usr/sbin/apachectl restart: httpd not running, trying to start
Processing config directory: /private/etc/httpd/users/*.conf
<snip>
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/simon.conf
[Fri Jun 10 07:30:59 2005] [warn] module php4_module is already loaded, skipping
fopen: Permission denied
httpd: could not open error log file /private/var/log/httpd/error_log.
/usr/sbin/apachectl restart: httpd could not be started
SimonMartins-Computer:~ simon$ apachectl start
Processing config directory: /private/etc/httpd/users/*.conf
<snip>
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/simon.conf
[Fri Jun 10 07:32:08 2005] [warn] module php4_module is already loaded, skipping
fopen: Permission denied
httpd: could not open error log file /private/var/log/httpd/error_log.
/usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started
SimonMartins-Computer:~ simon$ apachectl restart
/usr/sbin/apachectl restart: httpd not running, trying to start
Processing config directory: /private/etc/httpd/users/*.conf
<snip>
Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/simon.conf
[Fri Jun 10 07:32:58 2005] [warn] module php4_module is already loaded, skipping
fopen: Permission denied
httpd: could not open error log file /private/var/log/httpd/error_log.
/usr/sbin/apachectl restart: httpd could not be started
SimonMartins-Computer:~ simon$

I don't know why it reported that httpd had started...

Any ideas?

Simon

[ctlq]

well it looks like the first command you did worked so I'm a bit confused you said it didn't. The rest of them wouldn't work because you didn't use sudo before each one.

Re-run the command I posted above (actually sometimes I have to re-run it twice) and try: http://localhost/simon/
I think http://localhost/[username] is the normal location for os x (although I'm not 100% sure cause I've always changed it before ever using it). If that's not it also try http://localhost/sites/simon/

If this doesn't work post your /private/etc/httpd/httpd.conf and /private/etc/httpd/users/simon.conf files somewhere and I'll take a look.

[simonmartin]

Originally Posted by ctlq

well it looks like the first command you did worked so I'm a bit confused you said it didn't. The rest of them wouldn't work because you didn't use sudo before each one.

Re-run the command I posted above (actually sometimes I have to re-run it twice) and try: http://localhost/simon/
I think http://localhost/[username] is the normal location for os x (although I'm not 100% sure cause I've always changed it before ever using it). If that's not it also try http://localhost/sites/simon/

If this doesn't work post your /private/etc/httpd/httpd.conf and /private/etc/httpd/users/simon.conf files somewhere and I'll take a look.

ctlq,

Please see PM just sent.

Thanks mate

Simon

[mvasilakis]

I had the same problem "httpd: could not open error log file /private/var/log/httpd/error_log."
mine was solved by:
sudo mkdir /private/var/log/httpd
after that apache would start

[simonmartin]

Originally Posted by mvasilakis

I had the same problem "httpd: could not open error log file /private/var/log/httpd/error_log."
mine was solved by:
sudo mkdir /private/var/log/httpd
after that apache would start

mvasilakis,

Thanks for that. I got it started again by deleting some custom stuff in httpd which wasn't a problem previously.

I'll keep a note of your solution in case it happens again... :-)

Simon