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Apache failed to start
Can someone please tell me how to find out what these errors messages mean?
[Mon Feb 18 18:50:54 2002] [alert] (2)No such file or directory: getpwuid:
couldn't determine user name from uid 4294967295, you probably need to
modify the User directive
[Mon Feb 18 18:50:54 2002] [alert] (2)No such file or directory: getpwuid:
couldn't determine user name from uid 4294967295, you probably need to
modify the User directive
[Mon Feb 18 18:50:54 2002] [alert] (2)No such file or directory: getpwuid:
couldn't determine user name from uid 4294967295, you probably need to
modify the User directive
[Mon Feb 18 18:50:55 2002] [notice] Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.19
(Linux-Mandrake/3mdk) mod_ssl/2.8.4 OpenSSL/0.9.6 PHP/4.0.6 configured --
resuming normal operations
[Mon Feb 18 18:50:55 2002] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
/usr/sbin/suexec)
[Mon Feb 18 18:50:55 2002] [alert] (2)No such file or directory: getpwuid:
couldn't determine user name from uid 4294967295, you probably need to
modify the User directive
[Mon Feb 18 18:50:56 2002] [alert] Child 11956 returned a Fatal error...
Apache is exiting!
Thanks.
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RE: Apache failed to start
Posted by rc <e_...@yahoo.com>.
Many thanks for your help. It is working again. :)
Ray
-----Original Message-----
From: obo@bourse.ch [mailto:obo@bourse.ch]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 2:15 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: Apache failed to start
rc wrote:
>
> $ grep -i "user" httpd.conf
> LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so
> LoadModule usertrack_module modules/mod_usertrack.so
> AddModule mod_userdir.c
> AddModule mod_usertrack.c
>
> And nothing for "group".
>
> Where do I add the group in httpd.conf?
OK - so you have neither a "User" nor "Group" directive. So please add
the following to your httpd.conf at the server config level (i.e. not
inside a virtual host or directory container - near the top, probably
after your ServerRoot directive):
User apache
Group apache
Then it should work.
As I said in my first response - there is a bug in 1.3.22 that if you
don't define these directives, the defaults don't work...
Rgds,
Owen Boyle.
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Re: Apache failed to start
Posted by Owen Boyle <ob...@bourse.ch>.
rc wrote:
>
> $ grep -i "user" httpd.conf
> LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so
> LoadModule usertrack_module modules/mod_usertrack.so
> AddModule mod_userdir.c
> AddModule mod_usertrack.c
>
> And nothing for "group".
>
> Where do I add the group in httpd.conf?
OK - so you have neither a "User" nor "Group" directive. So please add
the following to your httpd.conf at the server config level (i.e. not
inside a virtual host or directory container - near the top, probably
after your ServerRoot directive):
User apache
Group apache
Then it should work.
As I said in my first response - there is a bug in 1.3.22 that if you
don't define these directives, the defaults don't work...
Rgds,
Owen Boyle.
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RE: Apache failed to start
Posted by rc <e_...@yahoo.com>.
$ grep -i "user" httpd.conf
LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so
LoadModule usertrack_module modules/mod_usertrack.so
AddModule mod_userdir.c
AddModule mod_usertrack.c
And nothing for "group".
Where do I add the group in httpd.conf?
Ray
-----Original Message-----
From: obo@bourse.ch [mailto:obo@bourse.ch]
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 11:14 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: Apache failed to start
rc wrote:
>
> Yes, they do exist.
>
> This is the result:
>
> uid=48(apache) gid=48(apache) groups=48(apache),50(ftp),100(users)
Splendid. Now what do you have in httpd.conf? Do:
$ grep -i "user" httpd.conf
and
$ grep -i "group" httpd.conf
and see if they are both set to "apache".
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Re: Apache failed to start
Posted by Owen Boyle <ob...@bourse.ch>.
rc wrote:
>
> Yes, they do exist.
>
> This is the result:
>
> uid=48(apache) gid=48(apache) groups=48(apache),50(ftp),100(users)
Splendid. Now what do you have in httpd.conf? Do:
$ grep -i "user" httpd.conf
and
$ grep -i "group" httpd.conf
and see if they are both set to "apache".
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RE: Apache failed to start
Posted by rc <e_...@yahoo.com>.
Yes, they do exist.
This is the result:
uid=48(apache) gid=48(apache) groups=48(apache),50(ftp),100(users)
-----Original Message-----
From: obo@bourse.ch [mailto:obo@bourse.ch]
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 10:52 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: Apache failed to start
rc wrote:
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. But the user, apache, already exist in the
> /etc/passwd. As for the User directive I looked at
>
> <IfModule mod_userdir.c>
> UserDir public_html
> </IfModule>
>
> I left it as default. Where else can I check for userdir?
I said "User", not "UserDir" - they are different directives which do
different things.
What do you have for the directives "User" and "Group"?
Do those entities exist on your system? To test, if the USer directive
is set to "apache", do:
$ id apache
and report the results.
Rgds,
Owen Boyle.
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Re: Apache failed to start
Posted by Owen Boyle <ob...@bourse.ch>.
rc wrote:
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. But the user, apache, already exist in the
> /etc/passwd. As for the User directive I looked at
>
> <IfModule mod_userdir.c>
> UserDir public_html
> </IfModule>
>
> I left it as default. Where else can I check for userdir?
I said "User", not "UserDir" - they are different directives which do
different things.
What do you have for the directives "User" and "Group"?
Do those entities exist on your system? To test, if the USer directive
is set to "apache", do:
$ id apache
and report the results.
Rgds,
Owen Boyle.
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RE: Apache failed to start
Posted by rc <e_...@yahoo.com>.
Thanks for the suggestion. But the user, apache, already exist in the
/etc/passwd. As for the User directive I looked at
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
UserDir public_html
</IfModule>
I left it as default. Where else can I check for userdir?
Ray
-----Original Message-----
From: obo@bourse.ch [mailto:obo@bourse.ch]
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:24 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: Apache failed to start
rc wrote:
>
> There is already a username and group for the apache server. It came
default
> with a user and a group name "apache".
Yes - but does this user exist on your system? Is apache in /etc/passwd?
- read the message again "...you probably need to modify the User
directive..."
If you can't be bothered fixing it, upgrade to 1.3.23 which has the bug
removed.
Rgds,
Owen Boyle.
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Re: Apache failed to start
Posted by Owen Boyle <ob...@bourse.ch>.
rc wrote:
>
> There is already a username and group for the apache server. It came default
> with a user and a group name "apache".
Yes - but does this user exist on your system? Is apache in /etc/passwd?
- read the message again "...you probably need to modify the User
directive..."
If you can't be bothered fixing it, upgrade to 1.3.23 which has the bug
removed.
Rgds,
Owen Boyle.
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RE: Apache failed to start
Posted by rc <e_...@yahoo.com>.
There is already a username and group for the apache server. It came default
with a user and a group name "apache".
-----Original Message-----
From: obo@bourse.ch [mailto:obo@bourse.ch]
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 5:49 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: Apache failed to start
rc wrote:
>
> Can someone please tell me how to find out what these errors messages
mean?
>
> [Mon Feb 18 18:50:54 2002] [alert] (2)No such file or directory: getpwuid:
> couldn't determine user name from uid 4294967295, you probably need to
> modify the User directive
...
This is a minor bug in 1.3.22 if you don't set User or Group. Do you
have a username for the apache server? If so, set User and Group to this
user. If not, create a user (e.g. "apache") belonging to e.g. group
"users" then do:
User apache
Group users
and restart.
Rgds,
Owen Boyle.
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Re: Apache failed to start
Posted by Owen Boyle <ob...@bourse.ch>.
rc wrote:
>
> Can someone please tell me how to find out what these errors messages mean?
>
> [Mon Feb 18 18:50:54 2002] [alert] (2)No such file or directory: getpwuid:
> couldn't determine user name from uid 4294967295, you probably need to
> modify the User directive
...
This is a minor bug in 1.3.22 if you don't set User or Group. Do you
have a username for the apache server? If so, set User and Group to this
user. If not, create a user (e.g. "apache") belonging to e.g. group
"users" then do:
User apache
Group users
and restart.
Rgds,
Owen Boyle.
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