Error while running httpd.conf

vs224 · 08-19-2010, 12:38 PM

Hi,

I installed Red Hat AS 5.2, ran iptables.sh to put firewall on.
When i try to run httpd.conf i am getting below errors

ServerTokens: command not found
ServerRoot: command not found
Pid: command not found
etc. etc.

I do not understand why i am getting these error, i have conf.d file in place. I am newbie. Please help.

bathory · 08-19-2010, 12:48 PM

Hi and welcome to LQ,

httpd.conf is a configuration file, so you don't run it. You have to run

Code:

service httpd start

to start the httpd daemon, that uses httpd.conf to setup its runtime configuration

vs224 · 08-19-2010, 01:11 PM

Thanks. I am getting below error with correct syntax

httpd.conf: unrecognized service

How can i fix it.

bathory · 08-19-2010, 01:21 PM

The service is httpd not httpd.conf.
See in my previous post what you need to run (as root)

vs224 · 08-19-2010, 01:39 PM

It worked thanks.

When i installed linux, it by default created conf and conf.d

I needed some modification in them so i created testconf and testconf.d.
The testconf has httpd.conf.test (This is modified from httpd.conf, but has configuration that i need)

Where can i specify that httpd.conf.test should run instead of default ones.

Thanks again.

bathory · 08-19-2010, 02:20 PM

You could edit httpd.conf, after making a backup of the original file. Besides this is a good practice to make backups of files you're going to edit.
Anyway, if you want to use a different config file, stop the service

Code:

service httpd.stop

and run:

Code:

/usr/sbin/httpd -f /etc/httpd/testconf/httpd.conf -k start

vs224 · 08-19-2010, 03:06 PM

Thanks it works.