apache run error

[jlanza]

I just installed apache but when i go to /etc/init.d/apache2 -k start i get

bash-2.05b# /etc/init.d/apache2 start
* Starting apache2...
apache2: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName
(2)No such file or directory: apache2: could not open error log file /usr/lib/apache2/logs/error_log.
Unable to open logs

any ideas....

[_never_]

Don't assume you can just install and run a webserver and expect it to work the way you want. You need to have a look at /etc/apache2/conf/ first. But maybe you should read some good book about network security first.
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[TheRAt]

my /usr/lib/apache2/logs dir is a link to /var/log/apache2... Make sure that both the /var/log/apache2 dir and the link to it exist, then try to restart apache2...
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[jlanza]

* Starting apache2...
apache2: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName

[_never_]

[jlanza]

never shut the fuck up man.

I uncommented ServerName localhost in my /etc/apache2/conf/apache2.conf, now when i start i get


bash-2.05b# /etc/init.d/apache2 start
* Starting apache2... [ !! ]


....

I try to look at the error log and get this

bash-2.05b# cd /var/log/apache2
bash: cd: /var/log/apache2: Too many levels of symbolic links
bash-2.05b# cat /var/log/apache2
cat: /var/log/apache2: Too many levels of symbolic links


any suggestions anyone? thanks for the help

[j-m]

Set the logs directives to point to /var/log/apache2 or another existing directory - not to symlink symlinked to point to a symlink which points to a symlink which ....

[jlanza]

i deleted /var/log/apache2 and created a new directory and it still doesnt work...

[lookinin]

You get the same errors? Post the output of:

[jlanza]

bash-2.05b# ls -l /var/log/apache2 /usr/lib/apache2/logs
/usr/lib/apache2/logs:
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 24 02:17 access_log
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Feb 23 20:41 apache2 -> /var/log/apache2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1470 Feb 24 14:19 error_log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 24 02:17 ssl_access_log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 246 Feb 24 14:13 ssl_error_log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 24 02:17 ssl_request_log

/var/log/apache2:
total 0

[lookinin]

[jlanza]

i try to do the first thing...

and

bash-2.05b# rm /usr/lib/apache2/logs/apache2/
rm: cannot remove `/usr/lib/apache2/logs/apache2/': Not a directory

then i try for fun rm -rf and it says the same thing

[lookinin]

[jlanza]

It still won't start...

i get these errors after unmerging and remerging...

bash-2.05b# /etc/init.d/apache2 start
* Starting apache2... [ !! ]


* Apache2 has detected a syntax error in your configuration files:
Syntax error on line 6 of /usr/lib/apache2/conf/modules.d/70_mod_php.conf:
Cannot load /usr/lib/apache2/extramodules/libphp4.so into server: /usr/lib/apache2/extramodules/libphp4.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

bash-2.05b# /etc/init.d/apache2 start
* Apache2 has detected a syntax error in your configuration files:
Syntax error on line 57 of /etc/apache2/conf/apache2.conf:
Cannot load /usr/lib/apache2/modules/usr/lib/apache2-extramodules/libphp4.so into server: /usr/lib/apache2/modules/usr/lib/apache2-extramodules/libphp4.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

bash-2.05b# /etc/init.d/apache2 -k start
* ERROR: wrong args. ( -k / -k )

* Usage: apache2 { start|stop|restart|reload }
* apache2 without arguments for full help

[lookinin]

[_never_]

[jlanza]

bash-2.05b# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
* Starting apache2... [ !! ]


fixed another thing, but it still wont start....

[jlanza]

these are the errors im geting

cat /var/log/apache2/error_log

[Thu Feb 24 22:05:47 2005] [alert] (EAI 2)Name or service not known: mod_unique_id: unable to find IPv4 address of "Guinness"

cat /var/log/apache2/ssl_error_log


[Thu Feb 24 08:43:58 2005] [error] Server should be SSL-aware but has no certificate configured [Hint: SSLCertificateFile]
[Thu Feb 24 14:13:39 2005] [error] Server should be SSL-aware but has no certificate configured [Hint: SSLCertificateFile]

[lookinin]

Regarding the second error, my knowledge of mod_ssl is limited to knowing of its existence, sorry... but a search of the forums should give you some ponters... As for the first error, this is some sort of hostname issue... probably related to one of your first problems:

[_never_]

Okay people, I can't watch this anymore. I'll help the kiddy so he stops crying. You need to set the ServerName in your apache.conf like this:

[Cysec]

_never_ lose the attitude man, the most powerful aspect of linux is it's community. No matter who asks the question, nor if the question is what you consider stupid, one should not flame others for asking. The attitude you take is very similar to that recently received from a tech support analyst by a friend of mine who was dealing with a certain company that would very much like to see the community behind linux crumble.

[_never_]

When you search through the forums for my posts, you'll notice that I'm an open and friendly person. But there is one thing I hate. People installing a network service (no matter what kind of) and expect it to work without configuration. This is where most security threats come from - bad maintainance. It is so easy to open up the whole system to the rest of the world with something like Apache. I advised him to read the docs and I did it friendly. I was told to shut up - so I did, until I realized that nobody is going to help him.

This has nothing to do with attitude.
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[lookinin]

jlanza, just so you know, _never_ is correct, this directive should be set, but in most cases, apache can deduce the domain name via reverse lookup, so if it's in your /etc/hosts, it should figure itself out fine. See the quote from the apache 2.0 documentation below. I have an internal http server, and have never bothered to set this directive, but my server is not accessible to the outside world, has only an internal hostname, and, while it may not be technically correct, it works just fine for my needs (extremely light use, some php practice).

[lookinin]

[_never_]

Sorry, used bad words.

-> Nobody could help him.

Don't take it personally, I'm sorry. =)
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