FC4 Apache is broken

carlosinfl · 07-15-2005, 12:26 PM

So I installed Apache and now for some reason it is broken.

Here is what I am getting:

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# service httpd restart
Stopping httpd:                                            [FAILED]
Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 249 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
The port number "http://carlwill.dyndns.org" is outside the appropriate range (i.e., 1..65535).

My domain name is pointing to my FC4 server 100% since I am using SSH to grab this info.

http://carlwill.dyndns.org

Here is my /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file line # 249

# If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here.
# You will have to access it by its address anyway, and this will make
# redirections work in a sensible way.
#
ServerName http://carlwill.dyndns.org

Can anyone please tell me what is wrong?

FrayAdjacent · 07-15-2005, 01:44 PM

From what the error looks like, it looks like httpd.conf is for some reason telling it to listen on an invalid port. Or it's interpreting 'http://carlwill.dyndns.org' as a port number? Maybe it's in the wrong place in the file?

mhallbiai · 07-15-2005, 02:08 PM

try this

Code:

ServerName carlwill.dyndns.org:80

i believe that is what the syntax/structure should be

hope this helps

egurski · 07-17-2005, 05:03 PM

The problem is not in your httpd.conf., but rather in SELinux. It is run in targeted mode by default in FC4. There is an article on how to get your Apache web server to work under FC4 in the FC4 documentation.

I had the same problem as I had setup Virtual servers pointing to /home/vs1, etc... This did not work in FC4, nor would a soft-link work since SELinux said there were no permissions. I now have it working!

The important thing here is not that SELinux is complicated but rather Apache is very complicated and SELinux enforces the rules.

I followed the FC3 documentation "Understanding and Customizing the Apache HTTP SELinux Policy" which helped me get Apache working under FC4.

The link is http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-apache-fc3/