httpd: bad group name

RichM · 02-23-2006, 09:24 AM

I am a bit of a n00b regarding linux. I have trouble doing simple tasks.

Anyway, Apache is down and it won't start back up. Here is the error message that it returns: httpd: bad group name hfha

How do I fix this?

Thanks.

gilead · 02-23-2006, 01:08 PM

Try running grep hfha /etc/group - if it returns nothing then it means that Apache is trying to start up in the group hfha which doesn't exist. There are 2 options, modify Apache's httpd.conf file to use a group that exists, or add the group hfha.

To find the httpd.conf file run:

Code:

find / -type f -name 'httpd.conf' 2>/dev/null

If it returns nothing, run the command as root since the file is likely in a directory that your user account can't access. When you find the location of the file (for example it may be in /usr/local/apache2/conf), run the following to find which line to edit:

Code:

grep -n 'Group hfha' /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf

Edit the file and change the group to one that exists (apache?).

To create a group, use the following:

Code:

groupadd hfha
or
groupadd apache