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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by paul <od...@rogers.com> on 2003/01/04 05:40:14 UTC
[users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
error message
Hi All,
I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am completely new
to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat Version 8.0. I am trying
to get apache up and running, but when I try to go to http://localhost I
get the following error message,
"The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this question.
I found plenty of posts to various forms about this error message, but
no solutions, at least not any solutions that I understand. First I
accepted the default settings for the apache http server, got that
message, and started to muck around with it for a few hours, only to
keep getting the same error message over and over again. Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I was
able to install and play around the the Windows Personal Web Server to
allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years ago
without any trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
Thanks,
Paul O'Donnell
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Renato Salles <ma...@brturbo.com>.
Read carefully the httpd.conf file, and things will become more clear to
you.
(/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf)
This file is divided in 3/4 main areas, Global, Main, and so on, where
you can inspect what the problem can be.
In the directive "Listen", "BindAddress", and many more.
Take a look at the docs, anyway. You'll probably "suspect" where your
problem can or can't be.
Come back to the list later, 'cause there is so much to learn: We'll be
here waiting...At the meantime, i will try to improve my English.
RSalles
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 18:36, paul wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have so much to learn about Linux. I am not sure what you mean by my
> httpd.conf, but here is what I have done so far. First I looked for that
> file on the shell by doing the following:
>
> $ locate httpd.conf
> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.bak
> /usr/share/apacheconf/httpd.conf.xsl
> /usr/share/apacheconf/httpd.conf.md5
> $
>
> I am assuming that the first one /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf if the one
> you are talking about. It is a large file of text. Is this what you mean
> by my httpd.conf? I am unable to paste the whole file into the body of
> this email. I am not sure why I think it is because it is too large and
> the email program won't accept it. Before I attempt to post the relevant
> portion of this file am I on the right track? Which is the relevant
> portion of this file? Is it the right file?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> J. Greenlees wrote:
>
> > paul,
> > post your httpd.conf, then maybe someone can help, without it no-one
> > has any idea what is wrong, the possibilities are to vast.
> >
> >
> >
> > paul wrote:
> >
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am completely
> >> new to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat Version 8.0. I am
> >> trying to get apache up and running, but when I try to go to
> >> http://localhost I get the following error message,
> >>
> >> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
> >>
> >> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
> >> question. I found plenty of posts to various forms about this error
> >> message, but no solutions, at least not any solutions that I
> >> understand. First I accepted the default settings for the apache http
> >> server, got that message, and started to muck around with it for a
> >> few hours, only to keep getting the same error message over and over
> >> again. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I really don't
> >> know what I am doing. I was able to install and play around the the
> >> Windows Personal Web Server to allow me to experiment with Active
> >> Server Pages a couple years ago without any trouble at all. Maybe I
> >> got lucky then.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Paul O'Donnell
> >>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by paul <od...@rogers.com>.
Hi,
I have so much to learn about Linux. I am not sure what you mean by my
httpd.conf, but here is what I have done so far. First I looked for that
file on the shell by doing the following:
$ locate httpd.conf
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.bak
/usr/share/apacheconf/httpd.conf.xsl
/usr/share/apacheconf/httpd.conf.md5
$
I am assuming that the first one /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf if the one
you are talking about. It is a large file of text. Is this what you mean
by my httpd.conf? I am unable to paste the whole file into the body of
this email. I am not sure why I think it is because it is too large and
the email program won't accept it. Before I attempt to post the relevant
portion of this file am I on the right track? Which is the relevant
portion of this file? Is it the right file?
Thanks,
Paul
J. Greenlees wrote:
> paul,
> post your httpd.conf, then maybe someone can help, without it no-one
> has any idea what is wrong, the possibilities are to vast.
>
>
>
> paul wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am completely
>> new to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat Version 8.0. I am
>> trying to get apache up and running, but when I try to go to
>> http://localhost I get the following error message,
>>
>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
>>
>> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
>> question. I found plenty of posts to various forms about this error
>> message, but no solutions, at least not any solutions that I
>> understand. First I accepted the default settings for the apache http
>> server, got that message, and started to muck around with it for a
>> few hours, only to keep getting the same error message over and over
>> again. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I really don't
>> know what I am doing. I was able to install and play around the the
>> Windows Personal Web Server to allow me to experiment with Active
>> Server Pages a couple years ago without any trouble at all. Maybe I
>> got lucky then.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Paul O'Donnell
>>
>>
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Re: [users@httpd]
"The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost" error message
Posted by "J. Greenlees" <ja...@shaw.ca>.
paul,
post your httpd.conf, then maybe someone can help, without it no-one has
any idea what is wrong, the possibilities are to vast.
paul wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am completely new
> to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat Version 8.0. I am trying
> to get apache up and running, but when I try to go to http://localhost I
> get the following error message,
>
> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
>
> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this question.
> I found plenty of posts to various forms about this error message, but
> no solutions, at least not any solutions that I understand. First I
> accepted the default settings for the apache http server, got that
> message, and started to muck around with it for a few hours, only to
> keep getting the same error message over and over again. Any suggestions
> would be greatly appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I was
> able to install and play around the the Windows Personal Web Server to
> allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years ago
> without any trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul O'Donnell
>
>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Terra Novum <in...@terranovum.com>.
RH8, but what about the return from "service httpd start"?
Paul O'Donnell wrote:
> Terra Novum wrote:
>
>> Yeah, probably hasn't even started up yet. What do you see when you
>> type "service httpd start" from the cmd (Xterm) prompt as root. Oh
>> yeah, you need to do sysadmin stuff as root (administrator). If you
>> are logged in as someone else type "su" and then enter the admin
>> password you chose at installation. What RH dist are you using?
>> Tom
>>
>> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Tom,
>>>
>>> Thank you for taking the time to give me so much useful information.
>>>
>>> There are no files at all in /var/log/httpd/ does that give me a
>>> clue as to what my problem is?
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>> Terra Novum wrote:
>>>
>>>> You maybe in over your head but probably not. Go to Red Hat's site
>>>> and see the getting started guide
>>>> (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/) for your version and
>>>> start there. They are filled with most things that you will need to
>>>> work in and administer most popular services on linux.
>>>> For your questions right now:
>>>> All logs in RH are located in /var/log/ where the apache logs are
>>>> in /var/log/httpd/ (ie; httpd = webserver = apache)
>>>> access_log is a log of all sucessful requests made to the web
>>>> server and error_log is a list of all failed requests (that
>>>> actually made it to the web server), errors associated with all
>>>> requests and errors encountered on startup of the web server
>>>> daemon. Daemon is an "Old English" term that means demon and, why
>>>> this was used as a term for service is up for debate (Some figure
>>>> Mary Shelly's Frankenstein), it is the d in httpd. You will see
>>>> that a lot as in "ftpd" where it is the FTP server etc.
>>>>
>>>> For future reference:
>>>> /etc has configuration files
>>>> /home are all of your users home directories (although root's home
>>>> is /root)
>>>> /bin are all of the user binaries. and generally this is actually
>>>> redirected to /usr/bin
>>>> /usr generally has shared usr files
>>>> /usr/lib has the Linux equivalent of windows dlls in there (among
>>>> other things)
>>>> /sbin are mostly system binaries
>>>> /boot is your kernel (the core OS and what makes Linux linux)
>>>> /mnt is where your cdrom and floppy are mounted so you can get
>>>> access to the files on them (RH auto mounts cds so no need to there
>>>> on your own)
>>>> /proc and /dev are hardware related and something you should avoid
>>>> /opt is generally there for legacy reasons
>>>> some of the other root folders /lib etc are usually just linked to
>>>> (or functionally similar) /usr/lib same as /bin above. Outside of
>>>> individual commands the above is a lot of what you will need to
>>>> know about linux/unix.
>>>> Happy Trails.
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>> paul wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi and thanks for your time,
>>>>>
>>>>> Where are these log messages? As you can see I am quite lost.
>>>>> Maybe I am in over my head.
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul
>>>>>
>>>>> Renato Salles wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Connection refused could be a signal to:
>>>>>> Your server is not listening at that port, or
>>>>>> Apache is down, or
>>>>>> you're firewalling the port Apache is listening to.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Send us some log messages. It is not the case of firewall filter
>>>>>> from your ISP, cause localhost is
>>>>>> always behind the firewall.And probably not a firewall problem at
>>>>>> all.
>>>>>> Loopback address is never filtered.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 02:40, paul wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am
>>>>>>> completely new to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat
>>>>>>> Version 8.0. I am trying to get apache up and running, but when
>>>>>>> I try to go to http://localhost I get the following error message,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
>>>>>>> question. I found plenty of posts to various forms about this
>>>>>>> error message, but no solutions, at least not any solutions that
>>>>>>> I understand. First I accepted the default settings for the
>>>>>>> apache http server, got that message, and started to muck around
>>>>>>> with it for a few hours, only to keep getting the same error
>>>>>>> message over and over again. Any suggestions would be greatly
>>>>>>> appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I was able to
>>>>>>> install and play around the the Windows Personal Web Server to
>>>>>>> allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years
>>>>>>> ago without any trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Paul O'Donnell
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost" error message
Posted by Gary Turner <kk...@sbcglobal.net>.
J. Greenlees wrote:
>Gary Turner wrote:
>> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>I am running RH version 8.0. I did a custom install and I installed
>>>everything.
>>
>> Generally, better to install the bare minimum and then add the apps you
>> actually want/need. Much safer. You might neglect a security patch on
>> a running but unused and forgotten service. Or, you may not have done
>> needed hardening of configs. Or, ....
>
>RH8.0 (Psyche) has the tools to update ( or at least make known which
>updates are security fixes) and mandrake, you mean debian doesn't have
>this basic option? ;)
Actually, Debian has very good security notification and patch
procedures. For all practical purposes, security updates/grades are
transparent. What I referenced are SOP security measures. It is poor
practice to have running services that are unneeded. Any opening to the
outside is a potential breach in security.
>>
<snip>
>> Buy or read online "Linux Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition", AKA
>> Rute. This book should be required reading for anyone new (or not) to
>> Gnu/Linux. Mr. Sheer covers Red Hat type distros and Debian. He does
>> acknowledge the clear superiority of Debian (obviously a smart man :))
>
>how can it be superior? 15 minutes to download the boot image for the
>floppy...23 hours to download and install the os over the network. [
>those were the times my broad band cable isp gave me when I went to look
>at debian two months ago )
Hmm. Last week I created a new root/boot (Tom's RootBoot) floppy off
the net in about a minute or so (DSL). This includes enough networking
utilities to get online and bring down whatever else I want. If you
haven't used Debian's dpkg/Apt, you wouldn't believe how simple and
quick an online install/upgrade is.
My original install was Potato off CDs. Last November I did a
distribution upgrade to Woody (testing) over the net. Total download
time was about 45 minutes. (No, I didn't download all ten thousand
packages. "Apt-get dist-upgrade" only downloaded my installed subset,
and then only if needed.) At no time was the system down. As I recall
I killed time answering email and surfing. When Woody was made stable,
I forked to Sarge by changing a few lines in /etc/apt/sources.list.
I've only had to install once in spite of two major upgrades. (kiss my
bupkas MS ;)) The only reason to shutdown is for kernel or hardware
changes.
<snip>
>
>
>(though getting the three iso's for RH8.0 wasn't any faster than the
>debian install, I couldn't afford for my system to NOT have an os for 23
>hours, I could download an iso and still have system available for other
>tasks.)
I have no idea why you would have been down for more than tens of
minutes. Even less or no downtime with planning.
--
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Re: [users@httpd]
"The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost" error message
Posted by "J. Greenlees" <ja...@shaw.ca>.
Gary Turner wrote:
> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>I am running RH version 8.0. I did a custom install and I installed
>>everything.
>
>
> Generally, better to install the bare minimum and then add the apps you
> actually want/need. Much safer. You might neglect a security patch on
> a running but unused and forgotten service. Or, you may not have done
> needed hardening of configs. Or, ....
RH8.0 (Psyche) has the tools to update ( or at least make known which
updates are security fixes) and mandrake, you mean debian doesn't have
this basic option? ;)
>
>
>>First of all I don't know what Xterm is, but I tried the
>>command in the shell after using su to make myself root.
>
>
> Xterm is simply a terminal emulator that runs in X Window. Essentially,
> it is the same as a virtual terminal at F1-F6.
>
>
>>Here is the output I get from typing "service httpd start"
>>
>>[root@localhost /]# pwd
>>/
>>[root@localhost /]# service httpd start
>>bash: service: command not found
>>[root@localhost /]#
>
>
> I run Debian, myself, so some apps are differently named. I think the
> command you likely want is "apachectl start" or maybe "httpd start".
> You can do "which <command>" (from root on system commands, or see "man
> sudo") to find out if the command exists and where it lives. If it
> exists, do "man <command>" which brings up the manual page for the
> command. eg.;
>
> koko:/home/gt# which apachectl
> /usr/sbin/apachectl
> koko:/home/gt# exit
> gt@koko:~$ man apachectl
> (blah blah blah)
>
>
>>I am spending the entire weekend teaching myself more about the shell so
>>maybe I will know what things like the service command and Xterm are by
>>the time the weekend is over. :)
>
>
> Unlike that popular legacy OS, Gnu/Linux requires the single user to
> actually have a clue about what's under the hood. You will need to do a
> *lot* of reading ;)
>
> Buy or read online "Linux Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition", AKA
> Rute. This book should be required reading for anyone new (or not) to
> Gnu/Linux. Mr. Sheer covers Red Hat type distros and Debian. He does
> acknowledge the clear superiority of Debian (obviously a smart man :))
how can it be superior? 15 minutes to download the boot image for the
floppy...23 hours to download and install the os over the network. [
those were the times my broad band cable isp gave me when I went to look
at debian two months ago )
> See:
>
> http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz (Chapter 36 for Apache
> stuff--I think this also available at Border's Books and online at
> Sourceforge--google is your friend)
>
> Other useful books/docs:
>
> http://en.tldp.org/LDP/lame/LAME/linux-admin-made-easy/ (tends to be
> Red Hat centric)
>
> http://www.dsl.org/cookbook/ (may already be on your machine in the doc
> section--it is included in the Debian docs package)
>
> http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html
>
> For many more helpful docs, goto http://en.tldp.org/LDP, the Linux
> Documentation Project.
>
> Have a ball.
(though getting the three iso's for RH8.0 wasn't any faster than the
debian install, I couldn't afford for my system to NOT have an os for 23
hours, I could download an iso and still have system available for other
tasks.)
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost" error message
Posted by Gary Turner <kk...@sbcglobal.net>.
Paul O'Donnell wrote:
<snip>
>
>I am running RH version 8.0. I did a custom install and I installed
>everything.
Generally, better to install the bare minimum and then add the apps you
actually want/need. Much safer. You might neglect a security patch on
a running but unused and forgotten service. Or, you may not have done
needed hardening of configs. Or, ....
> First of all I don't know what Xterm is, but I tried the
>command in the shell after using su to make myself root.
Xterm is simply a terminal emulator that runs in X Window. Essentially,
it is the same as a virtual terminal at F1-F6.
>
>Here is the output I get from typing "service httpd start"
>
>[root@localhost /]# pwd
>/
>[root@localhost /]# service httpd start
>bash: service: command not found
>[root@localhost /]#
I run Debian, myself, so some apps are differently named. I think the
command you likely want is "apachectl start" or maybe "httpd start".
You can do "which <command>" (from root on system commands, or see "man
sudo") to find out if the command exists and where it lives. If it
exists, do "man <command>" which brings up the manual page for the
command. eg.;
koko:/home/gt# which apachectl
/usr/sbin/apachectl
koko:/home/gt# exit
gt@koko:~$ man apachectl
(blah blah blah)
>
>I am spending the entire weekend teaching myself more about the shell so
>maybe I will know what things like the service command and Xterm are by
>the time the weekend is over. :)
Unlike that popular legacy OS, Gnu/Linux requires the single user to
actually have a clue about what's under the hood. You will need to do a
*lot* of reading ;)
Buy or read online "Linux Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition", AKA
Rute. This book should be required reading for anyone new (or not) to
Gnu/Linux. Mr. Sheer covers Red Hat type distros and Debian. He does
acknowledge the clear superiority of Debian (obviously a smart man :))
See:
http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz (Chapter 36 for Apache
stuff--I think this also available at Border's Books and online at
Sourceforge--google is your friend)
Other useful books/docs:
http://en.tldp.org/LDP/lame/LAME/linux-admin-made-easy/ (tends to be
Red Hat centric)
http://www.dsl.org/cookbook/ (may already be on your machine in the doc
section--it is included in the Debian docs package)
http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html
For many more helpful docs, goto http://en.tldp.org/LDP, the Linux
Documentation Project.
Have a ball.
--
gt kk5st@sbcglobal.net
The advice is free, and worth every cent.
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Paul O'Donnell <od...@rogers.com>.
Hi All,
I want to thank everyone who helped with my problem. I really didn't
think I would get it solved today and I would not have had it not been
for everyones help. And thanks Tom.
Paul
Terra Novum wrote:
> Yes, I can see it. Congrats. /var/www/html is where your docs are.
> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf for more on where things are located. As it
> stands now, you only have to type that each time you restart the
> machine. To make this change permanent you will have to turn that
> service on so that it executes upon boot. This is where I can't help
> you and you will have to refer to the RH Docs I sent you a link for.
> The basics:
> there is a system applet (program) in the gnome gui that will allow
> you to do this the gui way. I do not use the gui so I have no idea
> where it is or where it is located. The idea is that you need to have
> httpd run when the system is in run levels 3 & 5. Likely only 5 since
> I would imagine you have not changed the default run level. Type "man
> init" for more info there.
> Now, the way *I* (read: tread lightly) would do this is to "mv
> /etc/rc5.d/K85httpd /etc/rc5.d/S85httpd". There is a whole world in
> here for you to explore so google for "init rc.d how it works" and enjoy.
> Good luck with learning linux. As I said there is a whole world in
> there to explore and it is a trip to get to see how all the pieces fit
> together.
> Later,
> Tom
>
> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>
>> Here is my output
>>
>> [root@localhost paul]# /sbin/service httpd start
>> Starting httpd: [ OK ]
>> [root@localhost paul]#
>>
>> After I did that I went back to test http://localhost/ in Mozilla and
>> I got a "Test Page". Maybe you can see it at the following:
>>
>> http://24.102.194.139/
>>
>> I think this is good news. Does this mean I have to log in as root
>> (or use su) and type that service command to get it up and running?
>> Why did this not occur in a more ordinary way? I can't believe it
>> works (if in fact it is working now). I was beginning to believe I
>> would never get anywhere. Thanks so much.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>>
>> Terra Novum wrote:
>>
>>> Alright. If you did a full install then service is there, you just
>>> can't find it the short way because /sbin is not in your path. On my
>>> RH8 it is in /sbin/service.
>>> So prefix service with /sbin/ and go for it once more.
>>> PS: shell is fine.
>>>
>>> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Tom,
>>>>
>>>> Sorry about the last post everybody. I just clicked send before
>>>> typing my reply.
>>>>
>>>> I am running RH version 8.0. I did a custom install and I installed
>>>> everything. First of all I don't know what Xterm is, but I tried
>>>> the command in the shell after using su to make myself root.
>>>>
>>>> Here is the output I get from typing "service httpd start"
>>>>
>>>> [root@localhost /]# pwd
>>>> /
>>>> [root@localhost /]# service httpd start
>>>> bash: service: command not found
>>>> [root@localhost /]#
>>>>
>>>> I am spending the entire weekend teaching myself more about the
>>>> shell so maybe I will know what things like the service command and
>>>> Xterm are by the time the weekend is over. :)
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Terra Novum wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, probably hasn't even started up yet. What do you see when
>>>>>> you type "service httpd start" from the cmd (Xterm) prompt as
>>>>>> root. Oh yeah, you need to do sysadmin stuff as root
>>>>>> (administrator). If you are logged in as someone else type "su"
>>>>>> and then enter the admin password you chose at installation. What
>>>>>> RH dist are you using?
>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks Tom,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you for taking the time to give me so much useful
>>>>>>> information.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There are no files at all in /var/log/httpd/ does that give me
>>>>>>> a clue as to what my problem is?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Terra Novum wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You maybe in over your head but probably not. Go to Red Hat's
>>>>>>>> site and see the getting started guide
>>>>>>>> (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/) for your version
>>>>>>>> and start there. They are filled with most things that you will
>>>>>>>> need to work in and administer most popular services on linux.
>>>>>>>> For your questions right now:
>>>>>>>> All logs in RH are located in /var/log/ where the apache logs
>>>>>>>> are in /var/log/httpd/ (ie; httpd = webserver = apache)
>>>>>>>> access_log is a log of all sucessful requests made to the web
>>>>>>>> server and error_log is a list of all failed requests (that
>>>>>>>> actually made it to the web server), errors associated with all
>>>>>>>> requests and errors encountered on startup of the web server
>>>>>>>> daemon. Daemon is an "Old English" term that means demon and,
>>>>>>>> why this was used as a term for service is up for debate (Some
>>>>>>>> figure Mary Shelly's Frankenstein), it is the d in httpd. You
>>>>>>>> will see that a lot as in "ftpd" where it is the FTP server etc.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For future reference:
>>>>>>>> /etc has configuration files
>>>>>>>> /home are all of your users home directories (although root's
>>>>>>>> home is /root)
>>>>>>>> /bin are all of the user binaries. and generally this is
>>>>>>>> actually redirected to /usr/bin
>>>>>>>> /usr generally has shared usr files
>>>>>>>> /usr/lib has the Linux equivalent of windows dlls in there
>>>>>>>> (among other things)
>>>>>>>> /sbin are mostly system binaries
>>>>>>>> /boot is your kernel (the core OS and what makes Linux linux)
>>>>>>>> /mnt is where your cdrom and floppy are mounted so you can get
>>>>>>>> access to the files on them (RH auto mounts cds so no need to
>>>>>>>> there on your own)
>>>>>>>> /proc and /dev are hardware related and something you should avoid
>>>>>>>> /opt is generally there for legacy reasons
>>>>>>>> some of the other root folders /lib etc are usually just linked
>>>>>>>> to (or functionally similar) /usr/lib same as /bin above.
>>>>>>>> Outside of individual commands the above is a lot of what you
>>>>>>>> will need to know about linux/unix.
>>>>>>>> Happy Trails.
>>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> paul wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi and thanks for your time,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Where are these log messages? As you can see I am quite lost.
>>>>>>>>> Maybe I am in over my head.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Renato Salles wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Connection refused could be a signal to:
>>>>>>>>>> Your server is not listening at that port, or
>>>>>>>>>> Apache is down, or
>>>>>>>>>> you're firewalling the port Apache is listening to.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Send us some log messages. It is not the case of firewall
>>>>>>>>>> filter from your ISP, cause localhost is
>>>>>>>>>> always behind the firewall.And probably not a firewall
>>>>>>>>>> problem at all.
>>>>>>>>>> Loopback address is never filtered.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 02:40, paul wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am
>>>>>>>>>>> completely new to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat
>>>>>>>>>>> Version 8.0. I am trying to get apache up and running, but
>>>>>>>>>>> when I try to go to http://localhost I get the following
>>>>>>>>>>> error message,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact
>>>>>>>>>>> localhost"
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to
>>>>>>>>>>> this question. I found plenty of posts to various forms
>>>>>>>>>>> about this error message, but no solutions, at least not any
>>>>>>>>>>> solutions that I understand. First I accepted the default
>>>>>>>>>>> settings for the apache http server, got that message, and
>>>>>>>>>>> started to muck around with it for a few hours, only to keep
>>>>>>>>>>> getting the same error message over and over again. Any
>>>>>>>>>>> suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I really don't
>>>>>>>>>>> know what I am doing. I was able to install and play around
>>>>>>>>>>> the the Windows Personal Web Server to allow me to
>>>>>>>>>>> experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years ago
>>>>>>>>>>> without any trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Paul O'Donnell
>>>>>>>>>>>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Terra Novum <in...@terranovum.com>.
Yes, I can see it. Congrats. /var/www/html is where your docs are.
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf for more on where things are located. As it
stands now, you only have to type that each time you restart the
machine. To make this change permanent you will have to turn that
service on so that it executes upon boot. This is where I can't help you
and you will have to refer to the RH Docs I sent you a link for. The basics:
there is a system applet (program) in the gnome gui that will allow you
to do this the gui way. I do not use the gui so I have no idea where it
is or where it is located. The idea is that you need to have httpd run
when the system is in run levels 3 & 5. Likely only 5 since I would
imagine you have not changed the default run level. Type "man init" for
more info there.
Now, the way *I* (read: tread lightly) would do this is to "mv
/etc/rc5.d/K85httpd /etc/rc5.d/S85httpd". There is a whole world in here
for you to explore so google for "init rc.d how it works" and enjoy.
Good luck with learning linux. As I said there is a whole world in there
to explore and it is a trip to get to see how all the pieces fit together.
Later,
Tom
Paul O'Donnell wrote:
> Here is my output
>
> [root@localhost paul]# /sbin/service httpd start
> Starting httpd: [ OK ]
> [root@localhost paul]#
>
> After I did that I went back to test http://localhost/ in Mozilla and
> I got a "Test Page". Maybe you can see it at the following:
>
> http://24.102.194.139/
>
> I think this is good news. Does this mean I have to log in as root (or
> use su) and type that service command to get it up and running? Why
> did this not occur in a more ordinary way? I can't believe it works
> (if in fact it is working now). I was beginning to believe I would
> never get anywhere. Thanks so much.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> Terra Novum wrote:
>
>> Alright. If you did a full install then service is there, you just
>> can't find it the short way because /sbin is not in your path. On my
>> RH8 it is in /sbin/service.
>> So prefix service with /sbin/ and go for it once more.
>> PS: shell is fine.
>>
>> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Tom,
>>>
>>> Sorry about the last post everybody. I just clicked send before
>>> typing my reply.
>>>
>>> I am running RH version 8.0. I did a custom install and I installed
>>> everything. First of all I don't know what Xterm is, but I tried the
>>> command in the shell after using su to make myself root.
>>>
>>> Here is the output I get from typing "service httpd start"
>>>
>>> [root@localhost /]# pwd
>>> /
>>> [root@localhost /]# service httpd start
>>> bash: service: command not found
>>> [root@localhost /]#
>>>
>>> I am spending the entire weekend teaching myself more about the
>>> shell so maybe I will know what things like the service command and
>>> Xterm are by the time the weekend is over. :)
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>>>
>>>> Terra Novum wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, probably hasn't even started up yet. What do you see when
>>>>> you type "service httpd start" from the cmd (Xterm) prompt as
>>>>> root. Oh yeah, you need to do sysadmin stuff as root
>>>>> (administrator). If you are logged in as someone else type "su"
>>>>> and then enter the admin password you chose at installation. What
>>>>> RH dist are you using?
>>>>> Tom
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks Tom,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for taking the time to give me so much useful information.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are no files at all in /var/log/httpd/ does that give me a
>>>>>> clue as to what my problem is?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Terra Novum wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You maybe in over your head but probably not. Go to Red Hat's
>>>>>>> site and see the getting started guide
>>>>>>> (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/) for your version and
>>>>>>> start there. They are filled with most things that you will need
>>>>>>> to work in and administer most popular services on linux.
>>>>>>> For your questions right now:
>>>>>>> All logs in RH are located in /var/log/ where the apache logs
>>>>>>> are in /var/log/httpd/ (ie; httpd = webserver = apache)
>>>>>>> access_log is a log of all sucessful requests made to the web
>>>>>>> server and error_log is a list of all failed requests (that
>>>>>>> actually made it to the web server), errors associated with all
>>>>>>> requests and errors encountered on startup of the web server
>>>>>>> daemon. Daemon is an "Old English" term that means demon and,
>>>>>>> why this was used as a term for service is up for debate (Some
>>>>>>> figure Mary Shelly's Frankenstein), it is the d in httpd. You
>>>>>>> will see that a lot as in "ftpd" where it is the FTP server etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For future reference:
>>>>>>> /etc has configuration files
>>>>>>> /home are all of your users home directories (although root's
>>>>>>> home is /root)
>>>>>>> /bin are all of the user binaries. and generally this is
>>>>>>> actually redirected to /usr/bin
>>>>>>> /usr generally has shared usr files
>>>>>>> /usr/lib has the Linux equivalent of windows dlls in there
>>>>>>> (among other things)
>>>>>>> /sbin are mostly system binaries
>>>>>>> /boot is your kernel (the core OS and what makes Linux linux)
>>>>>>> /mnt is where your cdrom and floppy are mounted so you can get
>>>>>>> access to the files on them (RH auto mounts cds so no need to
>>>>>>> there on your own)
>>>>>>> /proc and /dev are hardware related and something you should avoid
>>>>>>> /opt is generally there for legacy reasons
>>>>>>> some of the other root folders /lib etc are usually just linked
>>>>>>> to (or functionally similar) /usr/lib same as /bin above.
>>>>>>> Outside of individual commands the above is a lot of what you
>>>>>>> will need to know about linux/unix.
>>>>>>> Happy Trails.
>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> paul wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi and thanks for your time,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Where are these log messages? As you can see I am quite lost.
>>>>>>>> Maybe I am in over my head.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Renato Salles wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Connection refused could be a signal to:
>>>>>>>>> Your server is not listening at that port, or
>>>>>>>>> Apache is down, or
>>>>>>>>> you're firewalling the port Apache is listening to.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Send us some log messages. It is not the case of firewall
>>>>>>>>> filter from your ISP, cause localhost is
>>>>>>>>> always behind the firewall.And probably not a firewall problem
>>>>>>>>> at all.
>>>>>>>>> Loopback address is never filtered.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 02:40, paul wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am
>>>>>>>>>> completely new to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat
>>>>>>>>>> Version 8.0. I am trying to get apache up and running, but
>>>>>>>>>> when I try to go to http://localhost I get the following
>>>>>>>>>> error message,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact
>>>>>>>>>> localhost"
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
>>>>>>>>>> question. I found plenty of posts to various forms about this
>>>>>>>>>> error message, but no solutions, at least not any solutions
>>>>>>>>>> that I understand. First I accepted the default settings for
>>>>>>>>>> the apache http server, got that message, and started to muck
>>>>>>>>>> around with it for a few hours, only to keep getting the same
>>>>>>>>>> error message over and over again. Any suggestions would be
>>>>>>>>>> greatly appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I
>>>>>>>>>> was able to install and play around the the Windows Personal
>>>>>>>>>> Web Server to allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages
>>>>>>>>>> a couple years ago without any trouble at all. Maybe I got
>>>>>>>>>> lucky then.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Paul O'Donnell
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>>>>>>>>> Server Project.
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>>>>>>>>>>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost" error message
Posted by Aaron Sturm <aa...@hotmail.com>.
I got to the page.
-Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul O'Donnell" <od...@rogers.com>
To: <us...@httpd.apache.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
> Here is my output
>
> [root@localhost paul]# /sbin/service httpd start
> Starting httpd: [ OK ]
> [root@localhost paul]#
>
> After I did that I went back to test http://localhost/ in Mozilla and I
> got a "Test Page". Maybe you can see it at the following:
>
> http://24.102.194.139/
>
> I think this is good news. Does this mean I have to log in as root (or
> use su) and type that service command to get it up and running? Why did
> this not occur in a more ordinary way? I can't believe it works (if in
> fact it is working now). I was beginning to believe I would never get
> anywhere. Thanks so much.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> Terra Novum wrote:
>
> > Alright. If you did a full install then service is there, you just
> > can't find it the short way because /sbin is not in your path. On my
> > RH8 it is in /sbin/service.
> > So prefix service with /sbin/ and go for it once more.
> > PS: shell is fine.
> >
> > Paul O'Donnell wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Tom,
> >>
> >> Sorry about the last post everybody. I just clicked send before
> >> typing my reply.
> >>
> >> I am running RH version 8.0. I did a custom install and I installed
> >> everything. First of all I don't know what Xterm is, but I tried the
> >> command in the shell after using su to make myself root.
> >>
> >> Here is the output I get from typing "service httpd start"
> >>
> >> [root@localhost /]# pwd
> >> /
> >> [root@localhost /]# service httpd start
> >> bash: service: command not found
> >> [root@localhost /]#
> >>
> >> I am spending the entire weekend teaching myself more about the shell
> >> so maybe I will know what things like the service command and Xterm
> >> are by the time the weekend is over. :)
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
> >>
> >>> Terra Novum wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Yeah, probably hasn't even started up yet. What do you see when you
> >>>> type "service httpd start" from the cmd (Xterm) prompt as root. Oh
> >>>> yeah, you need to do sysadmin stuff as root (administrator). If you
> >>>> are logged in as someone else type "su" and then enter the admin
> >>>> password you chose at installation. What RH dist are you using?
> >>>> Tom
> >>>>
> >>>> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Thanks Tom,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thank you for taking the time to give me so much useful information.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> There are no files at all in /var/log/httpd/ does that give me a
> >>>>> clue as to what my problem is?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Paul
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Terra Novum wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> You maybe in over your head but probably not. Go to Red Hat's
> >>>>>> site and see the getting started guide
> >>>>>> (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/) for your version and
> >>>>>> start there. They are filled with most things that you will need
> >>>>>> to work in and administer most popular services on linux.
> >>>>>> For your questions right now:
> >>>>>> All logs in RH are located in /var/log/ where the apache logs are
> >>>>>> in /var/log/httpd/ (ie; httpd = webserver = apache)
> >>>>>> access_log is a log of all sucessful requests made to the web
> >>>>>> server and error_log is a list of all failed requests (that
> >>>>>> actually made it to the web server), errors associated with all
> >>>>>> requests and errors encountered on startup of the web server
> >>>>>> daemon. Daemon is an "Old English" term that means demon and, why
> >>>>>> this was used as a term for service is up for debate (Some figure
> >>>>>> Mary Shelly's Frankenstein), it is the d in httpd. You will see
> >>>>>> that a lot as in "ftpd" where it is the FTP server etc.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> For future reference:
> >>>>>> /etc has configuration files
> >>>>>> /home are all of your users home directories (although root's
> >>>>>> home is /root)
> >>>>>> /bin are all of the user binaries. and generally this is actually
> >>>>>> redirected to /usr/bin
> >>>>>> /usr generally has shared usr files
> >>>>>> /usr/lib has the Linux equivalent of windows dlls in there (among
> >>>>>> other things)
> >>>>>> /sbin are mostly system binaries
> >>>>>> /boot is your kernel (the core OS and what makes Linux linux)
> >>>>>> /mnt is where your cdrom and floppy are mounted so you can get
> >>>>>> access to the files on them (RH auto mounts cds so no need to
> >>>>>> there on your own)
> >>>>>> /proc and /dev are hardware related and something you should avoid
> >>>>>> /opt is generally there for legacy reasons
> >>>>>> some of the other root folders /lib etc are usually just linked
> >>>>>> to (or functionally similar) /usr/lib same as /bin above. Outside
> >>>>>> of individual commands the above is a lot of what you will need
> >>>>>> to know about linux/unix.
> >>>>>> Happy Trails.
> >>>>>> Tom
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> paul wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hi and thanks for your time,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Where are these log messages? As you can see I am quite lost.
> >>>>>>> Maybe I am in over my head.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Paul
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Renato Salles wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Connection refused could be a signal to:
> >>>>>>>> Your server is not listening at that port, or
> >>>>>>>> Apache is down, or
> >>>>>>>> you're firewalling the port Apache is listening to.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Send us some log messages. It is not the case of firewall
> >>>>>>>> filter from your ISP, cause localhost is
> >>>>>>>> always behind the firewall.And probably not a firewall problem
> >>>>>>>> at all.
> >>>>>>>> Loopback address is never filtered.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 02:40, paul wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Hi All,
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am
> >>>>>>>>> completely new to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat
> >>>>>>>>> Version 8.0. I am trying to get apache up and running, but
> >>>>>>>>> when I try to go to http://localhost I get the following error
> >>>>>>>>> message,
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact
localhost"
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
> >>>>>>>>> question. I found plenty of posts to various forms about this
> >>>>>>>>> error message, but no solutions, at least not any solutions
> >>>>>>>>> that I understand. First I accepted the default settings for
> >>>>>>>>> the apache http server, got that message, and started to muck
> >>>>>>>>> around with it for a few hours, only to keep getting the same
> >>>>>>>>> error message over and over again. Any suggestions would be
> >>>>>>>>> greatly appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I
> >>>>>>>>> was able to install and play around the the Windows Personal
> >>>>>>>>> Web Server to allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages
> >>>>>>>>> a couple years ago without any trouble at all. Maybe I got
> >>>>>>>>> lucky then.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Paul O'Donnell
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Paul O'Donnell <od...@rogers.com>.
Here is my output
[root@localhost paul]# /sbin/service httpd start
Starting httpd: [ OK ]
[root@localhost paul]#
After I did that I went back to test http://localhost/ in Mozilla and I
got a "Test Page". Maybe you can see it at the following:
http://24.102.194.139/
I think this is good news. Does this mean I have to log in as root (or
use su) and type that service command to get it up and running? Why did
this not occur in a more ordinary way? I can't believe it works (if in
fact it is working now). I was beginning to believe I would never get
anywhere. Thanks so much.
Paul
Terra Novum wrote:
> Alright. If you did a full install then service is there, you just
> can't find it the short way because /sbin is not in your path. On my
> RH8 it is in /sbin/service.
> So prefix service with /sbin/ and go for it once more.
> PS: shell is fine.
>
> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> Sorry about the last post everybody. I just clicked send before
>> typing my reply.
>>
>> I am running RH version 8.0. I did a custom install and I installed
>> everything. First of all I don't know what Xterm is, but I tried the
>> command in the shell after using su to make myself root.
>>
>> Here is the output I get from typing "service httpd start"
>>
>> [root@localhost /]# pwd
>> /
>> [root@localhost /]# service httpd start
>> bash: service: command not found
>> [root@localhost /]#
>>
>> I am spending the entire weekend teaching myself more about the shell
>> so maybe I will know what things like the service command and Xterm
>> are by the time the weekend is over. :)
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>>
>>> Terra Novum wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah, probably hasn't even started up yet. What do you see when you
>>>> type "service httpd start" from the cmd (Xterm) prompt as root. Oh
>>>> yeah, you need to do sysadmin stuff as root (administrator). If you
>>>> are logged in as someone else type "su" and then enter the admin
>>>> password you chose at installation. What RH dist are you using?
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Tom,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for taking the time to give me so much useful information.
>>>>>
>>>>> There are no files at all in /var/log/httpd/ does that give me a
>>>>> clue as to what my problem is?
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Terra Novum wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> You maybe in over your head but probably not. Go to Red Hat's
>>>>>> site and see the getting started guide
>>>>>> (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/) for your version and
>>>>>> start there. They are filled with most things that you will need
>>>>>> to work in and administer most popular services on linux.
>>>>>> For your questions right now:
>>>>>> All logs in RH are located in /var/log/ where the apache logs are
>>>>>> in /var/log/httpd/ (ie; httpd = webserver = apache)
>>>>>> access_log is a log of all sucessful requests made to the web
>>>>>> server and error_log is a list of all failed requests (that
>>>>>> actually made it to the web server), errors associated with all
>>>>>> requests and errors encountered on startup of the web server
>>>>>> daemon. Daemon is an "Old English" term that means demon and, why
>>>>>> this was used as a term for service is up for debate (Some figure
>>>>>> Mary Shelly's Frankenstein), it is the d in httpd. You will see
>>>>>> that a lot as in "ftpd" where it is the FTP server etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For future reference:
>>>>>> /etc has configuration files
>>>>>> /home are all of your users home directories (although root's
>>>>>> home is /root)
>>>>>> /bin are all of the user binaries. and generally this is actually
>>>>>> redirected to /usr/bin
>>>>>> /usr generally has shared usr files
>>>>>> /usr/lib has the Linux equivalent of windows dlls in there (among
>>>>>> other things)
>>>>>> /sbin are mostly system binaries
>>>>>> /boot is your kernel (the core OS and what makes Linux linux)
>>>>>> /mnt is where your cdrom and floppy are mounted so you can get
>>>>>> access to the files on them (RH auto mounts cds so no need to
>>>>>> there on your own)
>>>>>> /proc and /dev are hardware related and something you should avoid
>>>>>> /opt is generally there for legacy reasons
>>>>>> some of the other root folders /lib etc are usually just linked
>>>>>> to (or functionally similar) /usr/lib same as /bin above. Outside
>>>>>> of individual commands the above is a lot of what you will need
>>>>>> to know about linux/unix.
>>>>>> Happy Trails.
>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>
>>>>>> paul wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi and thanks for your time,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Where are these log messages? As you can see I am quite lost.
>>>>>>> Maybe I am in over my head.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Renato Salles wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Connection refused could be a signal to:
>>>>>>>> Your server is not listening at that port, or
>>>>>>>> Apache is down, or
>>>>>>>> you're firewalling the port Apache is listening to.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Send us some log messages. It is not the case of firewall
>>>>>>>> filter from your ISP, cause localhost is
>>>>>>>> always behind the firewall.And probably not a firewall problem
>>>>>>>> at all.
>>>>>>>> Loopback address is never filtered.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 02:40, paul wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am
>>>>>>>>> completely new to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat
>>>>>>>>> Version 8.0. I am trying to get apache up and running, but
>>>>>>>>> when I try to go to http://localhost I get the following error
>>>>>>>>> message,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
>>>>>>>>> question. I found plenty of posts to various forms about this
>>>>>>>>> error message, but no solutions, at least not any solutions
>>>>>>>>> that I understand. First I accepted the default settings for
>>>>>>>>> the apache http server, got that message, and started to muck
>>>>>>>>> around with it for a few hours, only to keep getting the same
>>>>>>>>> error message over and over again. Any suggestions would be
>>>>>>>>> greatly appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I
>>>>>>>>> was able to install and play around the the Windows Personal
>>>>>>>>> Web Server to allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages
>>>>>>>>> a couple years ago without any trouble at all. Maybe I got
>>>>>>>>> lucky then.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Paul O'Donnell
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP
>>>>>>>>> Server Project.
>>>>>>>>> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info.
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>>>>>>>>> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org
>>>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@httpd.apache.org
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Terra Novum <in...@terranovum.com>.
Alright. If you did a full install then service is there, you just can't
find it the short way because /sbin is not in your path. On my RH8 it is
in /sbin/service.
So prefix service with /sbin/ and go for it once more.
PS: shell is fine.
Paul O'Donnell wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> Sorry about the last post everybody. I just clicked send before typing
> my reply.
>
> I am running RH version 8.0. I did a custom install and I installed
> everything. First of all I don't know what Xterm is, but I tried the
> command in the shell after using su to make myself root.
>
> Here is the output I get from typing "service httpd start"
>
> [root@localhost /]# pwd
> /
> [root@localhost /]# service httpd start
> bash: service: command not found
> [root@localhost /]#
>
> I am spending the entire weekend teaching myself more about the shell
> so maybe I will know what things like the service command and Xterm
> are by the time the weekend is over. :)
>
> Paul
>
> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>
>> Terra Novum wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, probably hasn't even started up yet. What do you see when you
>>> type "service httpd start" from the cmd (Xterm) prompt as root. Oh
>>> yeah, you need to do sysadmin stuff as root (administrator). If you
>>> are logged in as someone else type "su" and then enter the admin
>>> password you chose at installation. What RH dist are you using?
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Tom,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for taking the time to give me so much useful information.
>>>>
>>>> There are no files at all in /var/log/httpd/ does that give me a
>>>> clue as to what my problem is?
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Terra Novum wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You maybe in over your head but probably not. Go to Red Hat's site
>>>>> and see the getting started guide
>>>>> (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/) for your version and
>>>>> start there. They are filled with most things that you will need
>>>>> to work in and administer most popular services on linux.
>>>>> For your questions right now:
>>>>> All logs in RH are located in /var/log/ where the apache logs are
>>>>> in /var/log/httpd/ (ie; httpd = webserver = apache)
>>>>> access_log is a log of all sucessful requests made to the web
>>>>> server and error_log is a list of all failed requests (that
>>>>> actually made it to the web server), errors associated with all
>>>>> requests and errors encountered on startup of the web server
>>>>> daemon. Daemon is an "Old English" term that means demon and, why
>>>>> this was used as a term for service is up for debate (Some figure
>>>>> Mary Shelly's Frankenstein), it is the d in httpd. You will see
>>>>> that a lot as in "ftpd" where it is the FTP server etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> For future reference:
>>>>> /etc has configuration files
>>>>> /home are all of your users home directories (although root's home
>>>>> is /root)
>>>>> /bin are all of the user binaries. and generally this is actually
>>>>> redirected to /usr/bin
>>>>> /usr generally has shared usr files
>>>>> /usr/lib has the Linux equivalent of windows dlls in there (among
>>>>> other things)
>>>>> /sbin are mostly system binaries
>>>>> /boot is your kernel (the core OS and what makes Linux linux)
>>>>> /mnt is where your cdrom and floppy are mounted so you can get
>>>>> access to the files on them (RH auto mounts cds so no need to
>>>>> there on your own)
>>>>> /proc and /dev are hardware related and something you should avoid
>>>>> /opt is generally there for legacy reasons
>>>>> some of the other root folders /lib etc are usually just linked to
>>>>> (or functionally similar) /usr/lib same as /bin above. Outside of
>>>>> individual commands the above is a lot of what you will need to
>>>>> know about linux/unix.
>>>>> Happy Trails.
>>>>> Tom
>>>>>
>>>>> paul wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi and thanks for your time,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Where are these log messages? As you can see I am quite lost.
>>>>>> Maybe I am in over my head.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Renato Salles wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Connection refused could be a signal to:
>>>>>>> Your server is not listening at that port, or
>>>>>>> Apache is down, or
>>>>>>> you're firewalling the port Apache is listening to.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Send us some log messages. It is not the case of firewall filter
>>>>>>> from your ISP, cause localhost is
>>>>>>> always behind the firewall.And probably not a firewall problem
>>>>>>> at all.
>>>>>>> Loopback address is never filtered.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 02:40, paul wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am
>>>>>>>> completely new to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat
>>>>>>>> Version 8.0. I am trying to get apache up and running, but when
>>>>>>>> I try to go to http://localhost I get the following error message,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
>>>>>>>> question. I found plenty of posts to various forms about this
>>>>>>>> error message, but no solutions, at least not any solutions
>>>>>>>> that I understand. First I accepted the default settings for
>>>>>>>> the apache http server, got that message, and started to muck
>>>>>>>> around with it for a few hours, only to keep getting the same
>>>>>>>> error message over and over again. Any suggestions would be
>>>>>>>> greatly appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I was
>>>>>>>> able to install and play around the the Windows Personal Web
>>>>>>>> Server to allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages a
>>>>>>>> couple years ago without any trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky
>>>>>>>> then.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Paul O'Donnell
>>>>>>>>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Renato Salles <ma...@brturbo.com>.
Some basics of the command "su":
If you type: su + enter
You'll inherit the PATH the previous user had. But, if you type:
su - (su + "-")
You'll get the same PATH the superuser (root) has.
This is why some commands are found and others are not in the situations
described above. The command "service" seems to exist to some users like
root (where is it? in /sbin) and /sbin is not in the PATH of ordinary
users.
BTW, this is off-topic.
RSalles
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 20:47, Paul O'Donnell wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> Sorry about the last post everybody. I just clicked send before typing
> my reply.
>
> I am running RH version 8.0. I did a custom install and I installed
> everything. First of all I don't know what Xterm is, but I tried the
> command in the shell after using su to make myself root.
>
> Here is the output I get from typing "service httpd start"
>
> [root@localhost /]# pwd
> /
> [root@localhost /]# service httpd start
> bash: service: command not found
> [root@localhost /]#
>
> I am spending the entire weekend teaching myself more about the shell so
> maybe I will know what things like the service command and Xterm are by
> the time the weekend is over. :)
>
> Paul
>
> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>
> > Terra Novum wrote:
> >
> >> Yeah, probably hasn't even started up yet. What do you see when you
> >> type "service httpd start" from the cmd (Xterm) prompt as root. Oh
> >> yeah, you need to do sysadmin stuff as root (administrator). If you
> >> are logged in as someone else type "su" and then enter the admin
> >> password you chose at installation. What RH dist are you using?
> >> Tom
> >>
> >> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thanks Tom,
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for taking the time to give me so much useful information.
> >>>
> >>> There are no files at all in /var/log/httpd/ does that give me a
> >>> clue as to what my problem is?
> >>>
> >>> Paul
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Terra Novum wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> You maybe in over your head but probably not. Go to Red Hat's site
> >>>> and see the getting started guide
> >>>> (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/) for your version and
> >>>> start there. They are filled with most things that you will need to
> >>>> work in and administer most popular services on linux.
> >>>> For your questions right now:
> >>>> All logs in RH are located in /var/log/ where the apache logs are
> >>>> in /var/log/httpd/ (ie; httpd = webserver = apache)
> >>>> access_log is a log of all sucessful requests made to the web
> >>>> server and error_log is a list of all failed requests (that
> >>>> actually made it to the web server), errors associated with all
> >>>> requests and errors encountered on startup of the web server
> >>>> daemon. Daemon is an "Old English" term that means demon and, why
> >>>> this was used as a term for service is up for debate (Some figure
> >>>> Mary Shelly's Frankenstein), it is the d in httpd. You will see
> >>>> that a lot as in "ftpd" where it is the FTP server etc.
> >>>>
> >>>> For future reference:
> >>>> /etc has configuration files
> >>>> /home are all of your users home directories (although root's home
> >>>> is /root)
> >>>> /bin are all of the user binaries. and generally this is actually
> >>>> redirected to /usr/bin
> >>>> /usr generally has shared usr files
> >>>> /usr/lib has the Linux equivalent of windows dlls in there (among
> >>>> other things)
> >>>> /sbin are mostly system binaries
> >>>> /boot is your kernel (the core OS and what makes Linux linux)
> >>>> /mnt is where your cdrom and floppy are mounted so you can get
> >>>> access to the files on them (RH auto mounts cds so no need to there
> >>>> on your own)
> >>>> /proc and /dev are hardware related and something you should avoid
> >>>> /opt is generally there for legacy reasons
> >>>> some of the other root folders /lib etc are usually just linked to
> >>>> (or functionally similar) /usr/lib same as /bin above. Outside of
> >>>> individual commands the above is a lot of what you will need to
> >>>> know about linux/unix.
> >>>> Happy Trails.
> >>>> Tom
> >>>>
> >>>> paul wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi and thanks for your time,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Where are these log messages? As you can see I am quite lost.
> >>>>> Maybe I am in over my head.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Paul
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Renato Salles wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Connection refused could be a signal to:
> >>>>>> Your server is not listening at that port, or
> >>>>>> Apache is down, or
> >>>>>> you're firewalling the port Apache is listening to.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Send us some log messages. It is not the case of firewall filter
> >>>>>> from your ISP, cause localhost is
> >>>>>> always behind the firewall.And probably not a firewall problem at
> >>>>>> all.
> >>>>>> Loopback address is never filtered.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 02:40, paul wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hi All,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am
> >>>>>>> completely new to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat
> >>>>>>> Version 8.0. I am trying to get apache up and running, but when
> >>>>>>> I try to go to http://localhost I get the following error message,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
> >>>>>>> question. I found plenty of posts to various forms about this
> >>>>>>> error message, but no solutions, at least not any solutions that
> >>>>>>> I understand. First I accepted the default settings for the
> >>>>>>> apache http server, got that message, and started to muck around
> >>>>>>> with it for a few hours, only to keep getting the same error
> >>>>>>> message over and over again. Any suggestions would be greatly
> >>>>>>> appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I was able to
> >>>>>>> install and play around the the Windows Personal Web Server to
> >>>>>>> allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years
> >>>>>>> ago without any trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Paul O'Donnell
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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> >>>>>>> Server Project.
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Paul O'Donnell <od...@rogers.com>.
Hi Tom,
Sorry about the last post everybody. I just clicked send before typing
my reply.
I am running RH version 8.0. I did a custom install and I installed
everything. First of all I don't know what Xterm is, but I tried the
command in the shell after using su to make myself root.
Here is the output I get from typing "service httpd start"
[root@localhost /]# pwd
/
[root@localhost /]# service httpd start
bash: service: command not found
[root@localhost /]#
I am spending the entire weekend teaching myself more about the shell so
maybe I will know what things like the service command and Xterm are by
the time the weekend is over. :)
Paul
Paul O'Donnell wrote:
> Terra Novum wrote:
>
>> Yeah, probably hasn't even started up yet. What do you see when you
>> type "service httpd start" from the cmd (Xterm) prompt as root. Oh
>> yeah, you need to do sysadmin stuff as root (administrator). If you
>> are logged in as someone else type "su" and then enter the admin
>> password you chose at installation. What RH dist are you using?
>> Tom
>>
>> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Tom,
>>>
>>> Thank you for taking the time to give me so much useful information.
>>>
>>> There are no files at all in /var/log/httpd/ does that give me a
>>> clue as to what my problem is?
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>> Terra Novum wrote:
>>>
>>>> You maybe in over your head but probably not. Go to Red Hat's site
>>>> and see the getting started guide
>>>> (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/) for your version and
>>>> start there. They are filled with most things that you will need to
>>>> work in and administer most popular services on linux.
>>>> For your questions right now:
>>>> All logs in RH are located in /var/log/ where the apache logs are
>>>> in /var/log/httpd/ (ie; httpd = webserver = apache)
>>>> access_log is a log of all sucessful requests made to the web
>>>> server and error_log is a list of all failed requests (that
>>>> actually made it to the web server), errors associated with all
>>>> requests and errors encountered on startup of the web server
>>>> daemon. Daemon is an "Old English" term that means demon and, why
>>>> this was used as a term for service is up for debate (Some figure
>>>> Mary Shelly's Frankenstein), it is the d in httpd. You will see
>>>> that a lot as in "ftpd" where it is the FTP server etc.
>>>>
>>>> For future reference:
>>>> /etc has configuration files
>>>> /home are all of your users home directories (although root's home
>>>> is /root)
>>>> /bin are all of the user binaries. and generally this is actually
>>>> redirected to /usr/bin
>>>> /usr generally has shared usr files
>>>> /usr/lib has the Linux equivalent of windows dlls in there (among
>>>> other things)
>>>> /sbin are mostly system binaries
>>>> /boot is your kernel (the core OS and what makes Linux linux)
>>>> /mnt is where your cdrom and floppy are mounted so you can get
>>>> access to the files on them (RH auto mounts cds so no need to there
>>>> on your own)
>>>> /proc and /dev are hardware related and something you should avoid
>>>> /opt is generally there for legacy reasons
>>>> some of the other root folders /lib etc are usually just linked to
>>>> (or functionally similar) /usr/lib same as /bin above. Outside of
>>>> individual commands the above is a lot of what you will need to
>>>> know about linux/unix.
>>>> Happy Trails.
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>> paul wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi and thanks for your time,
>>>>>
>>>>> Where are these log messages? As you can see I am quite lost.
>>>>> Maybe I am in over my head.
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul
>>>>>
>>>>> Renato Salles wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Connection refused could be a signal to:
>>>>>> Your server is not listening at that port, or
>>>>>> Apache is down, or
>>>>>> you're firewalling the port Apache is listening to.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Send us some log messages. It is not the case of firewall filter
>>>>>> from your ISP, cause localhost is
>>>>>> always behind the firewall.And probably not a firewall problem at
>>>>>> all.
>>>>>> Loopback address is never filtered.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 02:40, paul wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am
>>>>>>> completely new to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat
>>>>>>> Version 8.0. I am trying to get apache up and running, but when
>>>>>>> I try to go to http://localhost I get the following error message,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
>>>>>>> question. I found plenty of posts to various forms about this
>>>>>>> error message, but no solutions, at least not any solutions that
>>>>>>> I understand. First I accepted the default settings for the
>>>>>>> apache http server, got that message, and started to muck around
>>>>>>> with it for a few hours, only to keep getting the same error
>>>>>>> message over and over again. Any suggestions would be greatly
>>>>>>> appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I was able to
>>>>>>> install and play around the the Windows Personal Web Server to
>>>>>>> allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years
>>>>>>> ago without any trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Paul O'Donnell
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Paul O'Donnell <od...@rogers.com>.
Terra Novum wrote:
> Yeah, probably hasn't even started up yet. What do you see when you
> type "service httpd start" from the cmd (Xterm) prompt as root. Oh
> yeah, you need to do sysadmin stuff as root (administrator). If you
> are logged in as someone else type "su" and then enter the admin
> password you chose at installation. What RH dist are you using?
> Tom
>
> Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>
>> Thanks Tom,
>>
>> Thank you for taking the time to give me so much useful information.
>>
>> There are no files at all in /var/log/httpd/ does that give me a
>> clue as to what my problem is?
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> Terra Novum wrote:
>>
>>> You maybe in over your head but probably not. Go to Red Hat's site
>>> and see the getting started guide
>>> (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/) for your version and
>>> start there. They are filled with most things that you will need to
>>> work in and administer most popular services on linux.
>>> For your questions right now:
>>> All logs in RH are located in /var/log/ where the apache logs are in
>>> /var/log/httpd/ (ie; httpd = webserver = apache)
>>> access_log is a log of all sucessful requests made to the web server
>>> and error_log is a list of all failed requests (that actually made
>>> it to the web server), errors associated with all requests and
>>> errors encountered on startup of the web server daemon. Daemon is an
>>> "Old English" term that means demon and, why this was used as a term
>>> for service is up for debate (Some figure Mary Shelly's
>>> Frankenstein), it is the d in httpd. You will see that a lot as in
>>> "ftpd" where it is the FTP server etc.
>>>
>>> For future reference:
>>> /etc has configuration files
>>> /home are all of your users home directories (although root's home
>>> is /root)
>>> /bin are all of the user binaries. and generally this is actually
>>> redirected to /usr/bin
>>> /usr generally has shared usr files
>>> /usr/lib has the Linux equivalent of windows dlls in there (among
>>> other things)
>>> /sbin are mostly system binaries
>>> /boot is your kernel (the core OS and what makes Linux linux)
>>> /mnt is where your cdrom and floppy are mounted so you can get
>>> access to the files on them (RH auto mounts cds so no need to there
>>> on your own)
>>> /proc and /dev are hardware related and something you should avoid
>>> /opt is generally there for legacy reasons
>>> some of the other root folders /lib etc are usually just linked to
>>> (or functionally similar) /usr/lib same as /bin above. Outside of
>>> individual commands the above is a lot of what you will need to know
>>> about linux/unix.
>>> Happy Trails.
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> paul wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi and thanks for your time,
>>>>
>>>> Where are these log messages? As you can see I am quite lost. Maybe
>>>> I am in over my head.
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>> Renato Salles wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Connection refused could be a signal to:
>>>>> Your server is not listening at that port, or
>>>>> Apache is down, or
>>>>> you're firewalling the port Apache is listening to.
>>>>>
>>>>> Send us some log messages. It is not the case of firewall filter
>>>>> from your ISP, cause localhost is
>>>>> always behind the firewall.And probably not a firewall problem at
>>>>> all.
>>>>> Loopback address is never filtered.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 02:40, paul wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am
>>>>>> completely new to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat
>>>>>> Version 8.0. I am trying to get apache up and running, but when I
>>>>>> try to go to http://localhost I get the following error message,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
>>>>>> question. I found plenty of posts to various forms about this
>>>>>> error message, but no solutions, at least not any solutions that
>>>>>> I understand. First I accepted the default settings for the
>>>>>> apache http server, got that message, and started to muck around
>>>>>> with it for a few hours, only to keep getting the same error
>>>>>> message over and over again. Any suggestions would be greatly
>>>>>> appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I was able to
>>>>>> install and play around the the Windows Personal Web Server to
>>>>>> allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years
>>>>>> ago without any trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paul O'Donnell
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server
>>>>>> Project.
>>>>>> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info.
>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org
>>>>>> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Terra Novum <in...@terranovum.com>.
Yeah, probably hasn't even started up yet. What do you see when you type
"service httpd start" from the cmd (Xterm) prompt as root. Oh yeah, you
need to do sysadmin stuff as root (administrator). If you are logged in
as someone else type "su" and then enter the admin password you chose at
installation. What RH dist are you using?
Tom
Paul O'Donnell wrote:
> Thanks Tom,
>
> Thank you for taking the time to give me so much useful information.
>
> There are no files at all in /var/log/httpd/ does that give me a clue
> as to what my problem is?
>
> Paul
>
>
> Terra Novum wrote:
>
>> You maybe in over your head but probably not. Go to Red Hat's site
>> and see the getting started guide
>> (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/) for your version and
>> start there. They are filled with most things that you will need to
>> work in and administer most popular services on linux.
>> For your questions right now:
>> All logs in RH are located in /var/log/ where the apache logs are in
>> /var/log/httpd/ (ie; httpd = webserver = apache)
>> access_log is a log of all sucessful requests made to the web server
>> and error_log is a list of all failed requests (that actually made it
>> to the web server), errors associated with all requests and errors
>> encountered on startup of the web server daemon. Daemon is an "Old
>> English" term that means demon and, why this was used as a term for
>> service is up for debate (Some figure Mary Shelly's Frankenstein), it
>> is the d in httpd. You will see that a lot as in "ftpd" where it is
>> the FTP server etc.
>>
>> For future reference:
>> /etc has configuration files
>> /home are all of your users home directories (although root's home is
>> /root)
>> /bin are all of the user binaries. and generally this is actually
>> redirected to /usr/bin
>> /usr generally has shared usr files
>> /usr/lib has the Linux equivalent of windows dlls in there (among
>> other things)
>> /sbin are mostly system binaries
>> /boot is your kernel (the core OS and what makes Linux linux)
>> /mnt is where your cdrom and floppy are mounted so you can get access
>> to the files on them (RH auto mounts cds so no need to there on your
>> own)
>> /proc and /dev are hardware related and something you should avoid
>> /opt is generally there for legacy reasons
>> some of the other root folders /lib etc are usually just linked to
>> (or functionally similar) /usr/lib same as /bin above. Outside of
>> individual commands the above is a lot of what you will need to know
>> about linux/unix.
>> Happy Trails.
>> Tom
>>
>> paul wrote:
>>
>>> Hi and thanks for your time,
>>>
>>> Where are these log messages? As you can see I am quite lost. Maybe
>>> I am in over my head.
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> Renato Salles wrote:
>>>
>>>> Connection refused could be a signal to:
>>>> Your server is not listening at that port, or
>>>> Apache is down, or
>>>> you're firewalling the port Apache is listening to.
>>>>
>>>> Send us some log messages. It is not the case of firewall filter
>>>> from your ISP, cause localhost is
>>>> always behind the firewall.And probably not a firewall problem at all.
>>>> Loopback address is never filtered.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 02:40, paul wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am
>>>>> completely new to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat
>>>>> Version 8.0. I am trying to get apache up and running, but when I
>>>>> try to go to http://localhost I get the following error message,
>>>>>
>>>>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
>>>>> question. I found plenty of posts to various forms about this
>>>>> error message, but no solutions, at least not any solutions that I
>>>>> understand. First I accepted the default settings for the apache
>>>>> http server, got that message, and started to muck around with it
>>>>> for a few hours, only to keep getting the same error message over
>>>>> and over again. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I
>>>>> really don't know what I am doing. I was able to install and play
>>>>> around the the Windows Personal Web Server to allow me to
>>>>> experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years ago without any
>>>>> trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul O'Donnell
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server
>>>>> Project.
>>>>> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info.
>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org
>>>>> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org
>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@httpd.apache.org
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Paul O'Donnell <od...@rogers.com>.
Thanks Tom,
Thank you for taking the time to give me so much useful information.
There are no files at all in /var/log/httpd/ does that give me a clue
as to what my problem is?
Paul
Terra Novum wrote:
> You maybe in over your head but probably not. Go to Red Hat's site and
> see the getting started guide
> (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/) for your version and start
> there. They are filled with most things that you will need to work in
> and administer most popular services on linux.
> For your questions right now:
> All logs in RH are located in /var/log/ where the apache logs are in
> /var/log/httpd/ (ie; httpd = webserver = apache)
> access_log is a log of all sucessful requests made to the web server
> and error_log is a list of all failed requests (that actually made it
> to the web server), errors associated with all requests and errors
> encountered on startup of the web server daemon. Daemon is an "Old
> English" term that means demon and, why this was used as a term for
> service is up for debate (Some figure Mary Shelly's Frankenstein), it
> is the d in httpd. You will see that a lot as in "ftpd" where it is
> the FTP server etc.
>
> For future reference:
> /etc has configuration files
> /home are all of your users home directories (although root's home is
> /root)
> /bin are all of the user binaries. and generally this is actually
> redirected to /usr/bin
> /usr generally has shared usr files
> /usr/lib has the Linux equivalent of windows dlls in there (among
> other things)
> /sbin are mostly system binaries
> /boot is your kernel (the core OS and what makes Linux linux)
> /mnt is where your cdrom and floppy are mounted so you can get access
> to the files on them (RH auto mounts cds so no need to there on your own)
> /proc and /dev are hardware related and something you should avoid
> /opt is generally there for legacy reasons
> some of the other root folders /lib etc are usually just linked to (or
> functionally similar) /usr/lib same as /bin above. Outside of
> individual commands the above is a lot of what you will need to know
> about linux/unix.
> Happy Trails.
> Tom
>
> paul wrote:
>
>> Hi and thanks for your time,
>>
>> Where are these log messages? As you can see I am quite lost. Maybe I
>> am in over my head.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> Renato Salles wrote:
>>
>>> Connection refused could be a signal to:
>>> Your server is not listening at that port, or
>>> Apache is down, or
>>> you're firewalling the port Apache is listening to.
>>>
>>> Send us some log messages. It is not the case of firewall filter
>>> from your ISP, cause localhost is
>>> always behind the firewall.And probably not a firewall problem at all.
>>> Loopback address is never filtered.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 02:40, paul wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am
>>>> completely new to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat
>>>> Version 8.0. I am trying to get apache up and running, but when I
>>>> try to go to http://localhost I get the following error message,
>>>>
>>>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
>>>>
>>>> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
>>>> question. I found plenty of posts to various forms about this error
>>>> message, but no solutions, at least not any solutions that I
>>>> understand. First I accepted the default settings for the apache
>>>> http server, got that message, and started to muck around with it
>>>> for a few hours, only to keep getting the same error message over
>>>> and over again. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I
>>>> really don't know what I am doing. I was able to install and play
>>>> around the the Windows Personal Web Server to allow me to
>>>> experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years ago without any
>>>> trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Paul O'Donnell
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server
>>>> Project.
>>>> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info.
>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org
>>>> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org
>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@httpd.apache.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Terra Novum <in...@terranovum.com>.
You maybe in over your head but probably not. Go to Red Hat's site and
see the getting started guide
(http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/) for your version and start
there. They are filled with most things that you will need to work in
and administer most popular services on linux.
For your questions right now:
All logs in RH are located in /var/log/ where the apache logs are in
/var/log/httpd/ (ie; httpd = webserver = apache)
access_log is a log of all sucessful requests made to the web server and
error_log is a list of all failed requests (that actually made it to the
web server), errors associated with all requests and errors encountered
on startup of the web server daemon. Daemon is an "Old English" term
that means demon and, why this was used as a term for service is up for
debate (Some figure Mary Shelly's Frankenstein), it is the d in httpd.
You will see that a lot as in "ftpd" where it is the FTP server etc.
For future reference:
/etc has configuration files
/home are all of your users home directories (although root's home is /root)
/bin are all of the user binaries. and generally this is actually
redirected to /usr/bin
/usr generally has shared usr files
/usr/lib has the Linux equivalent of windows dlls in there (among other
things)
/sbin are mostly system binaries
/boot is your kernel (the core OS and what makes Linux linux)
/mnt is where your cdrom and floppy are mounted so you can get access to
the files on them (RH auto mounts cds so no need to there on your own)
/proc and /dev are hardware related and something you should avoid
/opt is generally there for legacy reasons
some of the other root folders /lib etc are usually just linked to (or
functionally similar) /usr/lib same as /bin above.
Outside of individual commands the above is a lot of what you will need
to know about linux/unix.
Happy Trails.
Tom
paul wrote:
> Hi and thanks for your time,
>
> Where are these log messages? As you can see I am quite lost. Maybe I
> am in over my head.
>
> Paul
>
> Renato Salles wrote:
>
>> Connection refused could be a signal to:
>> Your server is not listening at that port, or
>> Apache is down, or
>> you're firewalling the port Apache is listening to.
>>
>> Send us some log messages. It is not the case of firewall filter from
>> your ISP, cause localhost is
>> always behind the firewall.And probably not a firewall problem at all.
>> Loopback address is never filtered.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 02:40, paul wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am completely
>>> new to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat Version 8.0. I am
>>> trying to get apache up and running, but when I try to go to
>>> http://localhost I get the following error message,
>>>
>>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
>>>
>>> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
>>> question. I found plenty of posts to various forms about this error
>>> message, but no solutions, at least not any solutions that I
>>> understand. First I accepted the default settings for the apache
>>> http server, got that message, and started to muck around with it
>>> for a few hours, only to keep getting the same error message over
>>> and over again. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I
>>> really don't know what I am doing. I was able to install and play
>>> around the the Windows Personal Web Server to allow me to experiment
>>> with Active Server Pages a couple years ago without any trouble at
>>> all. Maybe I got lucky then.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Paul O'Donnell
>>>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Renato Salles <ma...@brturbo.com>.
Log messages are here:
/var/log/httpd/access_log,
/var/log/httpd/error_log
Of course, it depends on your configuration (i mean at httpd.conf)
RSalles
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 18:43, paul wrote:
> Hi and thanks for your time,
>
> Where are these log messages? As you can see I am quite lost. Maybe I am
> in over my head.
>
> Paul
>
> Renato Salles wrote:
>
> >Connection refused could be a signal to:
> >Your server is not listening at that port, or
> >Apache is down, or
> >you're firewalling the port Apache is listening to.
> >
> >Send us some log messages.
> >It is not the case of firewall filter from your ISP, cause localhost is
> >always behind the firewall.And probably not a firewall problem at all.
> >Loopback address is never filtered.
> >
> >
> >On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 02:40, paul wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi All,
> >>
> >>I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am completely new
> >>to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat Version 8.0. I am trying
> >>to get apache up and running, but when I try to go to http://localhost I
> >>get the following error message,
> >>
> >>"The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
> >>
> >>I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this question.
> >>I found plenty of posts to various forms about this error message, but
> >>no solutions, at least not any solutions that I understand. First I
> >>accepted the default settings for the apache http server, got that
> >>message, and started to muck around with it for a few hours, only to
> >>keep getting the same error message over and over again. Any suggestions
> >>would be greatly appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I was
> >>able to install and play around the the Windows Personal Web Server to
> >>allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years ago
> >>without any trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Paul O'Donnell
> >>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by paul <od...@rogers.com>.
Hi and thanks for your time,
Where are these log messages? As you can see I am quite lost. Maybe I am
in over my head.
Paul
Renato Salles wrote:
>Connection refused could be a signal to:
>Your server is not listening at that port, or
>Apache is down, or
>you're firewalling the port Apache is listening to.
>
>Send us some log messages.
>It is not the case of firewall filter from your ISP, cause localhost is
>always behind the firewall.And probably not a firewall problem at all.
>Loopback address is never filtered.
>
>
>On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 02:40, paul wrote:
>
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am completely new
>>to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat Version 8.0. I am trying
>>to get apache up and running, but when I try to go to http://localhost I
>>get the following error message,
>>
>>"The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
>>
>>I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this question.
>>I found plenty of posts to various forms about this error message, but
>>no solutions, at least not any solutions that I understand. First I
>>accepted the default settings for the apache http server, got that
>>message, and started to muck around with it for a few hours, only to
>>keep getting the same error message over and over again. Any suggestions
>>would be greatly appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I was
>>able to install and play around the the Windows Personal Web Server to
>>allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years ago
>>without any trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Paul O'Donnell
>>
>>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Renato Salles <ma...@brturbo.com>.
Connection refused could be a signal to:
Your server is not listening at that port, or
Apache is down, or
you're firewalling the port Apache is listening to.
Send us some log messages.
It is not the case of firewall filter from your ISP, cause localhost is
always behind the firewall.And probably not a firewall problem at all.
Loopback address is never filtered.
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 02:40, paul wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am completely new
> to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat Version 8.0. I am trying
> to get apache up and running, but when I try to go to http://localhost I
> get the following error message,
>
> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
>
> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this question.
> I found plenty of posts to various forms about this error message, but
> no solutions, at least not any solutions that I understand. First I
> accepted the default settings for the apache http server, got that
> message, and started to muck around with it for a few hours, only to
> keep getting the same error message over and over again. Any suggestions
> would be greatly appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I was
> able to install and play around the the Windows Personal Web Server to
> allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years ago
> without any trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul O'Donnell
>
>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Webmaster/Info <in...@terranovum.com>.
Or on redhat a good command to know is "service httpd start" where the
httpd can be substituted with the name of any service in /etc/rc.d and
start can be substituted with start|stop|restart|status. Note that newer
linux distributions tend to come with nothing turned on by default,
simply for security reasons. See redhat's getting started guide for much
more if you are just starting out on Linux. It will make your time go
much smoother.
Tom
Jeff Cohen wrote:
>Try typing "apachectl -start" on the console, it might be down or not
>configured to start automatically.
>
>Good Luck,
>Jeff Cohen
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: paul [mailto:odonnellp@rogers.com]
>>Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 11:40 PM
>>To: users@httpd.apache.org
>>Subject: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
>>contact localhost" error message
>>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am completely
>>
>>
>new
>
>
>>to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat Version 8.0. I am trying
>>to get apache up and running, but when I try to go to http://localhost
>>
>>
>I
>
>
>>get the following error message,
>>
>>"The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
>>
>>I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
>>
>>
>question.
>
>
>>I found plenty of posts to various forms about this error message, but
>>no solutions, at least not any solutions that I understand. First I
>>accepted the default settings for the apache http server, got that
>>message, and started to muck around with it for a few hours, only to
>>keep getting the same error message over and over again. Any
>>
>>
>suggestions
>
>
>>would be greatly appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I
>>
>>
>was
>
>
>>able to install and play around the the Windows Personal Web Server to
>>allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years ago
>>without any trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Paul O'Donnell
>>
>>
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>>
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>Project.
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Webmaster/Info <in...@terranovum.com>.
See my last post about using service in RH. It will do most things you
will need it to for now and you will not have to worry about things like
the errant dash you were told to put in. (ie it is supposed to be
"apachectl start" or "apachectl -k start").
Tom
paul wrote:
> Hi and thanks for your suggestion,
>
> I really am new to Linux so I feel as though I am walking in a dark
> room. Here is the shell output from your suggestion. Apparently I have
> no idea what I am doing. Am I on the right track?
>
> Paul
>
> $ /usr/sbin/apachectl -start
> Usage: /usr/sbin/httpd [-D name] [-d directory] [-f file]
> [-C "directive"] [-c "directive"]
> [-k start|restart|graceful|stop]
> [-v] [-V] [-h] [-l] [-L] [-t]
> Options:
> -D name : define a name for use in <IfDefine name> directives
> -d directory : specify an alternate initial ServerRoot
> -f file : specify an alternate ServerConfigFile
> -C "directive" : process directive before reading config files
> -c "directive" : process directive after reading config files
> -e level : show startup errors of level (see LogLevel)
> -E file : log startup errors to file
> -v : show version number
> -V : show compile settings
> -h : list available command line options (this page)
> -l : list compiled in modules
> -L : list available configuration directives
> -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS : show parsed settings (currently only vhost settings)
> -t : run syntax check for config files
> $
>
>
>
> Jeff Cohen wrote:
>
>> Try typing "apachectl -start" on the console, it might be down or not
>> configured to start automatically.
>>
>> Good Luck,
>> Jeff Cohen
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: paul [mailto:odonnellp@rogers.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 11:40 PM
>>> To: users@httpd.apache.org
>>> Subject: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
>>> contact localhost" error message
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am completely
>>>
>>
>> new
>>
>>
>>> to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat Version 8.0. I am trying
>>> to get apache up and running, but when I try to go to http://localhost
>>>
>>
>> I
>>
>>
>>> get the following error message,
>>>
>>> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
>>>
>>> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
>>>
>>
>> question.
>>
>>
>>> I found plenty of posts to various forms about this error message, but
>>> no solutions, at least not any solutions that I understand. First I
>>> accepted the default settings for the apache http server, got that
>>> message, and started to muck around with it for a few hours, only to
>>> keep getting the same error message over and over again. Any
>>>
>>
>> suggestions
>>
>>
>>> would be greatly appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I
>>>
>>
>> was
>>
>>
>>> able to install and play around the the Windows Personal Web Server to
>>> allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years ago
>>> without any trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Paul O'Donnell
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>>
>>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by Renato Salles <ma...@brturbo.com>.
The command is:
/usr/bin/apachectl start
(If /usr/bin/is not in your PATH)
If it is - probably is -
apachectl start (not a "-" before the command "start")
OK?
RSalles
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 18:41, paul wrote:
> Hi and thanks for your suggestion,
>
> I really am new to Linux so I feel as though I am walking in a dark
> room. Here is the shell output from your suggestion. Apparently I have
> no idea what I am doing. Am I on the right track?
>
> Paul
>
> $ /usr/sbin/apachectl -start
> Usage: /usr/sbin/httpd [-D name] [-d directory] [-f file]
> [-C "directive"] [-c "directive"]
> [-k start|restart|graceful|stop]
> [-v] [-V] [-h] [-l] [-L] [-t]
> Options:
> -D name : define a name for use in <IfDefine name> directives
> -d directory : specify an alternate initial ServerRoot
> -f file : specify an alternate ServerConfigFile
> -C "directive" : process directive before reading config files
> -c "directive" : process directive after reading config files
> -e level : show startup errors of level (see LogLevel)
> -E file : log startup errors to file
> -v : show version number
> -V : show compile settings
> -h : list available command line options (this page)
> -l : list compiled in modules
> -L : list available configuration directives
> -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS : show parsed settings (currently only vhost settings)
> -t : run syntax check for config files
> $
>
>
>
> Jeff Cohen wrote:
>
> >Try typing "apachectl -start" on the console, it might be down or not
> >configured to start automatically.
> >
> >Good Luck,
> >Jeff Cohen
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: paul [mailto:odonnellp@rogers.com]
> >>Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 11:40 PM
> >>To: users@httpd.apache.org
> >>Subject: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
> >>contact localhost" error message
> >>
> >>Hi All,
> >>
> >>I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am completely
> >>
> >>
> >new
> >
> >
> >>to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat Version 8.0. I am trying
> >>to get apache up and running, but when I try to go to http://localhost
> >>
> >>
> >I
> >
> >
> >>get the following error message,
> >>
> >>"The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
> >>
> >>I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
> >>
> >>
> >question.
> >
> >
> >>I found plenty of posts to various forms about this error message, but
> >>no solutions, at least not any solutions that I understand. First I
> >>accepted the default settings for the apache http server, got that
> >>message, and started to muck around with it for a few hours, only to
> >>keep getting the same error message over and over again. Any
> >>
> >>
> >suggestions
> >
> >
> >>would be greatly appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I
> >>
> >>
> >was
> >
> >
> >>able to install and play around the the Windows Personal Web Server to
> >>allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years ago
> >>without any trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Paul O'Donnell
> >>
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Re: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
contact localhost" error message
Posted by paul <od...@rogers.com>.
Hi and thanks for your suggestion,
I really am new to Linux so I feel as though I am walking in a dark
room. Here is the shell output from your suggestion. Apparently I have
no idea what I am doing. Am I on the right track?
Paul
$ /usr/sbin/apachectl -start
Usage: /usr/sbin/httpd [-D name] [-d directory] [-f file]
[-C "directive"] [-c "directive"]
[-k start|restart|graceful|stop]
[-v] [-V] [-h] [-l] [-L] [-t]
Options:
-D name : define a name for use in <IfDefine name> directives
-d directory : specify an alternate initial ServerRoot
-f file : specify an alternate ServerConfigFile
-C "directive" : process directive before reading config files
-c "directive" : process directive after reading config files
-e level : show startup errors of level (see LogLevel)
-E file : log startup errors to file
-v : show version number
-V : show compile settings
-h : list available command line options (this page)
-l : list compiled in modules
-L : list available configuration directives
-t -D DUMP_VHOSTS : show parsed settings (currently only vhost settings)
-t : run syntax check for config files
$
Jeff Cohen wrote:
>Try typing "apachectl -start" on the console, it might be down or not
>configured to start automatically.
>
>Good Luck,
>Jeff Cohen
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: paul [mailto:odonnellp@rogers.com]
>>Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 11:40 PM
>>To: users@httpd.apache.org
>>Subject: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
>>contact localhost" error message
>>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am completely
>>
>>
>new
>
>
>>to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat Version 8.0. I am trying
>>to get apache up and running, but when I try to go to http://localhost
>>
>>
>I
>
>
>>get the following error message,
>>
>>"The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
>>
>>I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
>>
>>
>question.
>
>
>>I found plenty of posts to various forms about this error message, but
>>no solutions, at least not any solutions that I understand. First I
>>accepted the default settings for the apache http server, got that
>>message, and started to muck around with it for a few hours, only to
>>keep getting the same error message over and over again. Any
>>
>>
>suggestions
>
>
>>would be greatly appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I
>>
>>
>was
>
>
>>able to install and play around the the Windows Personal Web Server to
>>allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years ago
>>without any trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Paul O'Donnell
>>
>>
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RE: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost" error message
Posted by Jeff Cohen <ap...@gej-it.com>.
Try typing "apachectl -start" on the console, it might be down or not
configured to start automatically.
Good Luck,
Jeff Cohen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paul [mailto:odonnellp@rogers.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 11:40 PM
> To: users@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: [users@httpd] "The connection was refused when attempting to
> contact localhost" error message
>
> Hi All,
>
> I really am at a loss about how to solve my problem. I am completely
new
> to the Linux world. I just instatlled Red Hat Version 8.0. I am trying
> to get apache up and running, but when I try to go to http://localhost
I
> get the following error message,
>
> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost"
>
> I've been searching all over the Internet for answers to this
question.
> I found plenty of posts to various forms about this error message, but
> no solutions, at least not any solutions that I understand. First I
> accepted the default settings for the apache http server, got that
> message, and started to muck around with it for a few hours, only to
> keep getting the same error message over and over again. Any
suggestions
> would be greatly appreciated. I really don't know what I am doing. I
was
> able to install and play around the the Windows Personal Web Server to
> allow me to experiment with Active Server Pages a couple years ago
> without any trouble at all. Maybe I got lucky then.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul O'Donnell
>
>
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