Hi,
when we installed the apache2.0.63 red hat 4.2 as a root user.
and we created the apache2 user .then change the permission and owner.

[apache2@ebs apache2]$ ll
total 112
drwxrwxrwx 2 apache2 root 4096 Nov 23 11:01 bin
drwxrwxrwx 2 apache2 root 4096 Nov 23 11:01 build
drwxrwxrwx 2 apache2 root 4096 Nov 23 11:01 cgi-bin
drwxrwxrwx 4 apache2 root 4096 Nov 23 11:26 conf
drwxrwxrwx 3 apache2 root 4096 Nov 23 11:01 error
drwxrwxrwx 2 apache2 root 4096 Nov 23 11:01 htdocs
drwxrwxrwx 3 apache2 root 4096 Nov 23 11:01 icons
drwxrwxrwx 2 apache2 root 4096 Nov 23 11:01 include
drwxrwxrwx 2 apache2 root 4096 Nov 23 11:01 lib
drwxrwxrwx 2 apache2 root 4096 Nov 23 11:45 logs
drwxrwxrwx 4 apache2 root 4096 Nov 23 11:01 man
drwxrwxrwx 14 apache2 root 12288 Nov 23 11:01 manual
drwxrwxrwx 2 apache2 root 4096 Nov 23 11:01 modules

We got the error when start the apache.
[apache2@ebs apache2]$ cd bin
[apache2@ebs bin]$ ./apachectl startssl
(13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:1008
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs
[apache2@ebs bin]$

apache must be started as root and then it will switch to the user/group defined by the respective directives in httpd.conf.

Regards

Thanks for reply.
I tried as a apache user .i got the following errors.

[apache2@ebs apache2]$ sudo apachectl -k startssl
Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:
apache2 is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
[apache2@ebs apache2]$

You have to create an entry in /ets/sudoers for the apache user, or use su:

Thanks for reply.I tried to start what you said.i got the error

apache2@ebs /]$ su - apache2 -c /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl startssl
Password: Here I gave welcome123 which created for server.key
su: incorrect password
[apache2@ebs /]$

You must su to root not to apache!!!
Just type the command exactly as I gave it to you above and use the root password when prompted.

Note also that for apache2 there is no need to use startssl for apachectl, if ssl support is compiled-in the apache binary. Using apachectl start should also start https.