general/4295: Starting httpd seems to be OK but no process runs

[Romain Chalumeau <Ro...@alcatel.fr>]

>Number:         4295
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       Starting httpd seems to be OK but no process runs
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          support
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Apr 23 06:40:00 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Romain.Chalumeau@alcatel.fr
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.6 (UNIX)
>Environment:
barsac,root # ./httpd -v
Server version: Apache/1.3.6 (Unix)
Server built:   Apr 23 1999 14:37:20
barsac,root # uname -a
HP-UX barsac B.10.20 A 9000/778 2007812109 two-user license
barsac,root # echo $CC
/usr/bin/cc
>Description:
barsac,root # sh -x apachectl start
+ PIDFILE=/opt/apache/logs/httpd.pid
+ HTTPD=/opt/apache/bin/httpd
+ LYNX=lynx -dump
+ STATUSURL=http://localhost/server-status
+ ERROR=0
+ ARGV=start
+ [ xstart = x ]
+ [ -f /opt/apache/logs/httpd.pid ]
+ + cat /opt/apache/logs/httpd.pid
PID=10419
+ [ ! x10419 = x ]
+ kill -0 10419
kill: 10419: The specified process does not exist.
+ STATUS=httpd (pid 10419?) not running
+ RUNNING=0
+ [ 0 -eq 1 ]
+ /opt/apache/bin/httpd
+ echo apachectl start: httpd started
apachectl start: httpd started
+ exit 0
barsac,root # ps -fe | grep http
barsac,root # 



Hi,

When I try to launch httpd, I do not receive any error messages (but the failed kill),
a pid is written into conf/httpd.pid (which I supose means that the httpd process has been launched...)
but a ps gives no such process...

So I'd like to know if there are known problems with cc compiler ( I had warnings like :
cc: "util_md5.c", line 117: warning 604: Pointers are not assignment-compatible.
cc: "util_md5.c", line 117: warning 563: Argument #1 is not the correct type.
but I don't think it is very important... )

Can you tell me what are the processes that httpd launches and which may kill the main process ?
May user rights of conf files or executables provokes such errors (httpd user is nobody:nogroup, 
apache has been installed under root:other) ?

Thanks in advance for your answer,
Regards,
	Romain.
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