Hello,
I have just finished installing Apache on Mandrake 9. I have used Apache 2.0 I followed the instructions on the apache website and everything seemed to go ok until I started the server. If I type:

apachectl start I get messages saying that my config files don't exist. I then noticed it was looking for them in the wrong place. I copied the default conf files from /usr/local/apache2/conf to /etc/httpd/conf/ which is where it seems to want to look for these files but it keeps telling me my httpd.conf file contains errors. The errors go like this:


$ apachectl start
Starting httpd-perl: fopen: No such file or directory
httpd-perl: could not open document config file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-perl.conf
[FAILED]
Starting httpd: [Thu Sep 9 11:42:51 2004] [warn] Apache does not support line-e nd comments. Consider using quotes around argument: "#-1"
Syntax error on line 358 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
Invalid command 'Order', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
[FAILED]
fopen: No such file or directory
httpd-perl: could not open document config file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-perl.conf
[FAILED]
[Thu Sep 9 11:43:01 2004] [warn] Apache does not support line-end comments. Con sider using quotes around argument: "#-1"
Syntax error on line 358 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
Invalid command 'Order', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
[FAILED]
fopen: No such file or directory
httpd-perl: could not open document config file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-perl.conf
[FAILED]
[Thu Sep 9 11:43:12 2004] [warn] Apache does not support line-end comments. Consider using quotes around argument: "#-1"
Syntax error on line 358 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
Invalid command 'Order', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
[FAILED]





I did go through an dcomment out some of the errors but they don't seem like they are syntax errors as it says. Can someone tell me whats wrong, or at least point me in the right direction?

Thanks
David K

try
#apachectl stop
#/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start

good luck.

OK
did that and now it seems to have worked. I get this now though

(98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs

I am thinking this is something to do with my conf file now. Also I have squid running and IP Masq. this wouldn't
be affecting it would it?

why did this work? was I already running apache? I did have it installed automatically with the initial install of
Mandrake

Thanks
David K

u have double apache as i understand. u probably have 2 apachectl too. first of them is located in one PATH directory. other is the one that u have just installed (/usr/local/apache2)
i know that because same thing happened here for a while ago, too
do:
ps aux
to see what process are running. also u can try to search rpm of apache if installed:
rpm -qa|grep httpd
i use redhat, it is called httpd in redhat. i think it is same for mdk
if it is installed u will see it. u can remove it by
rpm -e httpd

u can try the following to see where other apachectl is located.
whereis apachectl

remove old apache. and edit /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf

good luck.

Thanks for your help. I have found where I need to look in the httpd.conf file but I don't understand what is required to fix it. I changed the listenning port to 10.0.0.1 which is the IP of my external eth0 card. Can you tell me where I can look for info on this? I am sort of lost.
After I changed the IP I got a similar message but it just said:\

(99)cannot assign requested address: make_sock: could not bind to address 10.0.0.1:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
unable to open logs

???

If its any use to you:
my external (ISP) IP ADSL address is say a.b.c.d
internal eth0 IP is 10.0.0.1
internal eth1 IP is 192.168.0.1

I have squid running with all default settings
I have IP Masq set up passing ports 80, 110, 25

thanks

Hi,
I still need help here if anyone is able to assist. I have since stoped using squid and just use firewall, ip masq and dhcp. Also I have installed apache on a windows system with out any problems. If only I could do the same on Linux.

thanks
David K

davidk

Try changing
Listen 10.0.0.1:80 to

Listen 80 notice no ' : ' needed

This will allow Apache to listen on all interfaces, port 80

Just try it this way to see if Apache will start

Also on Redhat you can run /usr/sbin/apachectl -t which will check your conf file for errors, might be the same on Mandrake

Pete

Yup that was it. somewhere I had put in the listen port as 3128 and the wrong IP number, that of my router.

Thanks very very much both MaxUT and Pete M

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