Re: httpd won't start and no error entries in error_log

From: Nick Kew (nick_at_hugin.webthing.com)
Date: 03/28/04 

Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 08:42:19 +0100

In article <20040327105542.20b651d0.andy@spam.me.not>,
        Andrew Falanga <andy@spam.me.not> writes:
 
> I'm unable to do httpd -X. Same return code.

Next step is to run it under gdb.

> package. It's installed with uid & gid of www. It's chroot'd to
> /var/www,

Do you understand the implications of chrooting apache? Or indeed any
application? Your problem is almost certainly that things look very
different in the chroot jail. If apache is locked out from its files
and libraries, it won't be happy.

> A common mistake that people make when trying to design something
> completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
> fools. -Douglas Adams

Wonder if he was working on something chrooted at the time? 

-- 
Nick Kew