[users@httpd] problem with "unable to open logs"

["Atristain, Bobbie J." <ba...@mediageneral.com>]

Greetings,
We recently upgraded from HP Apache 1.3 to HP Apache 2.4.3 on a HP-UX
11i box.  We are an ISP and run multiple virtual hosts on a single IP.
After we first installed the server it started up fine - but after I
added each V-host container - it stopped working.  I have gone through
the log files and directorys one by one 4 times.  Please note that it
has worked at least once since all of the V-hosts were added but on
Chrismas eve - it stopped and it hasn't worked since.  I even set the
loglevel to debug so maybe i could get a better error message but it has
actually stopped logging anything.....the error message i get when i try
to start the webserver is the following....
 
"Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs"
 
I can't figure out what is going on - we have another server with the
same configuration that is working - but this one will not.  I have gone
through the log files to make sure the permissions match the user that
runs apache and everything is set to work - but it's not....
 
I also tried chaning the port to something else just in case there was
something else going on with Port 80 but I get the same error message.
 
I should also note that the box has been rebooted 2 times and apache
still will not start.
 
Any insight you can give me would be greatly appreciate it
 
Happy New Year,
Bobbie
 
Bobbie Atristain
Internet Systems Administrator
 

Re: [users@httpd] problem with "unable to open logs"

[Aaron Sturm <aa...@hotmail.com>]

MessageBobbie,

Sounds like a permission issue. I know that HPUX won't let non-root users bind to port 80 (or other well-known ports).

In your httpd.conf file change the user and group to the user you want apache to run as. In my case it's this:
User apache
Group other
yours will probably vary.

Second, make sure all of the directories are writable by the "user" (apache). An easy way to do that is chown -R the apache directory.

Then, as root, start apache. It'll automatically su over to the user specifed in the httpd.conf file and initate the process.

Hope that helps.

-Aaron
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Atristain, Bobbie J. 
  To: users@httpd.apache.org 
  Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 8:27 AM
  Subject: [users@httpd] problem with "unable to open logs"


  Greetings,
  We recently upgraded from HP Apache 1.3 to HP Apache 2.4.3 on a HP-UX 11i box.  We are an ISP and run multiple virtual hosts on a single IP.  After we first installed the server it started up fine - but after I added each V-host container - it stopped working.  I have gone through the log files and directorys one by one 4 times.  Please note that it has worked at least once since all of the V-hosts were added but on Chrismas eve - it stopped and it hasn't worked since.  I even set the loglevel to debug so maybe i could get a better error message but it has actually stopped logging anything.....the error message i get when i try to start the webserver is the following....

  "Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
  no listening sockets available, shutting down
  Unable to open logs"

  I can't figure out what is going on - we have another server with the same configuration that is working - but this one will not.  I have gone through the log files to make sure the permissions match the user that runs apache and everything is set to work - but it's not....

  I also tried chaning the port to something else just in case there was something else going on with Port 80 but I get the same error message.

  I should also note that the box has been rebooted 2 times and apache still will not start.

  Any insight you can give me would be greatly appreciate it

  Happy New Year,
  Bobbie

  Bobbie Atristain
  Internet Systems Administrator



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