Changed squirrelmail and now apache doesn't work.

Moonlit_Knight · n00b Joined: 27 Mar 2003 Posts: 39

I had finally gotten apache (1.3.27 working with mod_ssl, and mod_php. I had squirrelmail working, and had installed phpBB to play with (not configured yet).

My home network has a private DNS namespace (not a valid internet name) and everything worked fine internally. I had squirrelmail configured to use my Exchange server as it's imap server with the internal name. That worked fine, except that when the mail was relayed, it kept the private internal name, not the external valid name I have.

Well, I changed squirrelmail to use the public external name, and it didn't work.. apache wouldn't respond at all. I went back into squirrelmail, but the configuration back to the way it was, and apache wouldn't respond. I rebooted the system -- apache still won't respond.

If I do a ps -ef or ps -A | grep apache, I don't see apache running. If I do a /etc/init.d/apache start, it reports that apache is already started. If I restart apache.. nothing. If I do a netstat -a, I don't see anything really listening.

I'm not sure what else to look at!! I was hoping to rollout SquirrelMail for my home email, since OWA is too insecure.

Thanks,

Moonlit Knight

antik · Apprentice Joined: 01 Oct 2002 Posts: 212

Moonlit_Knight · n00b Joined: 27 Mar 2003 Posts: 39

I did generate a new cert following those instructions, and no luck. I don't think it's ssl, because Apache won't even respond with a non-ssl request. If I look at top, there doesnt' appear to be an apache process running.

I don't see any trace of apache when I do a netstat -a either. (Maybe this is the wrong command for netstat... I'm still too much of a linux n00b to be sure

Moonlit Knight

xpunkrockryanx · Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 8:00 pm Post subject:

i'd look in your system and apache logs to see what it spits out after you do a /etc/init.d/apache stop, and then /etc/init.d/apache start (assuming that doesn't just fix the problem right there).

-ryan

Moonlit_Knight · n00b Joined: 27 Mar 2003 Posts: 39

Another dumb n00b question.

What log and where is it?

Moonlit Knight

xpunkrockryanx · Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 5:30 am Post subject:

don't feel bad for asking. we've all got to start somewhere!

i think it depends on what logger you use. most people should have /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/apache/error-log. in any case, there will be logs in /var/log/ that might give you a clue.

-ryan

Moonlit_Knight · n00b Joined: 27 Mar 2003 Posts: 39

Now that I finally have a few minutes again.

It does appear that apache is shutting down.

Here's the last few lines of /var/log/apache/error_log

xpunkrockryanx · Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 5:29 am Post subject:

it looks like apache shuts down in this case nearly exactly one day from when it started up. did it work at all between the 1st and the 2nd? i don't really know what else could be causing it to crash like that. i might try re-emerging apache? guess i'm not of much help. hopefully somebody more knowledgable than myself can lend a hand :wink:

-ryan

Moonlit_Knight · n00b Joined: 27 Mar 2003 Posts: 39

Well, I think it was coincidence.. but I could be wrong. After I tried out squirrelmail with https, that seemed to be when it shutdown. Hopefully someone can jump in

I don't mind re-emerging it.. although I've done that twice with the same problem each time :\

Moonlit Knight