Hi Guys

I am trying to install LAMP on Debian Etch VM. I have installed LAMP following the link below but now I am faced with problems

http://linux.justinhartman.com/Setting_up_a_LAMP_Server

when i restart my web server i get this error message

' Forcing reload of web server (apache2)...httpd no pid file not running
(98) address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address {::}:80
(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 would really appreciate your help out there. I am really stuck and don't really know where to look. Is the problem due to the fact that I am running Debian in a VM? I do understand that there is no socket available for the webserver to listen too but do not know how to fix that problem.

Thank You.

Riganta

Something else is using port 80. Either your Apache server never really stopped, you're trying to start a second instance on the same port, or some other program grabbed port 80.

Do an apache full-stop, then do a "ps -ef | grep htt", to see if you've still got a thread running. If you see any httpd stuff running, and you're SURE things are ok, kill -9 those PID's. After that, crank Apache back up.

If everything does stop, then you'll have to find out what other services could be running on port 80, and either change them, or change Apache, to use a different port.

how can I simply find out what is taking my port 80 and kill it in my VM ?
I ran a test and configured apache to run on port 443. My Web Server started without any problem. As soon as i put port 80 i get the same error message.
I ran ps -ef | grep htt as advised by TB0ne but i didn't get any result at all. There is nothing that seems to be running at all on port 80.

I thank you all for your help.

Riganta

I have done "ps -ef | grep htt
I get no results --> there is actually nothing running. when I try to start up apahe I still get the same result. when I try to stop it, it says "stopping web server (apache2)... httpd (no pid file) not running.
I am kind of lost there..

Cheers

Riganta

Well, SOMETHING is running on port 80, obviously. It's hard to say what, since you don't say what other services are running on the box. Did someone install Tomcat/Resin, and is it using port 80? Webmin? Really, almost ANY network-enabled service could be configured to use it, so without knowing what you've got loaded, it's hard to say what it is. Look at the netstat command, and it can give you further information.

A "netstat -pantu" should show you what is using it.

BTW, I'm moving this to Server as it's not a security issue.